Spring Time at Silver Spear

Spring is in the air. The weather is improving although our typical Spring winds are still a little bitter - a remind that winter is only barely behind us.

We have started off a Spring clean in the garden by doing some earthworks. 

We were fortunate enough to be able to use a neighbours digger for a reasonable rate and rope in a friend visiting for the weekend to operate it for a few hours.

We were able to achieve a few tasks with the digger: levelling out the driveway a little, reshaping an area in front of the shed and shipping container, pulling up a path and some tree stumps, shaping out a slippery slide track and moving the play equipment further up the paddock

My beloved broken concrete path which I laid down in January had to go. It looked the part, but with small children and elderly using the path, it was not safe or practical for use.  The digger made quick work of its removal and the broken concrete pieces will be re-used for retaining along the edge of the garden.  For now we will stick with the fine gravel until concreting is affordable.

The digger has left a bit of a mess, but it was well worth the work it achieved. In a couple of weeks the grass will have grown back and we will have improved functionality of our outdoor space.

It feels like real progress - a great start to Spring and lots of warm, sunny days ahead.