Jared and I took a stroll around the wasteland yesterday to discuss how we could utilise that space. Currently it contains a pile of grass clippings, the remnants of our firewood from winter, a wattle and a gum tree, and several spiky, lethal plants. While perusing one of my current favourite gardening blogs shortly after I discovered that these spiky things are called Agave, and they are natives to parts of North America, and they're apparently quite a statement plant to have in your garden. Whatever. Since I almost fell into one of the bigger ones once and ended up with a massive bruise surrounding the puncture in my thigh I'm pretty sure they're not on my list of plants I'd like to have in my dream garden. In our mission to prepare the space for productivity we will be seeking to remove all of those plants. We will be chopping up the bigger spiky offenders before we dig them out, but as for the smaller ones we will be looking into passing them on to anyone who wants them. There are a few larger ones and at least a dozen, if not more, 'pups' up for grabs. We are hoping to get outside over the long weekend to do it, although we have a wedding, a birthday party, an appointment and Jareds birthday happening over the weekend also, so hopefully the weather will turn it on for us so we can get out there and maximise the amount of time we do have! Drop me a line if you want to claim them :)
