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Mrs. Val from Frankston

Mini Makeover 10

Thanks Steve of CC's Stump & Tree Removal!
Mrs Val from Frankston wrote and asked if we could stump grind her hibiscus stump. We contacted Steve of CC's Stump & Tree Removal and asked if he could help us out with a free stump grind.
Steve did a great job, he rang us 40 minutes before he came on site, arrived, got his machine in over the lawn and garden without making a mess and ground the stump away in 2-3 minutes.
Thanks Steve of CC's
We then planted some Agave and Flax in the back of the garden bed, 50 petunias through the middle of the bed and a border of silver cineraria and mixed coloured Alysum.
Because there was lots of sawdust mixed through the soil and woodchip mulch, I applied lots of slow release fertilizer to the garden to avoid a potential nitrogen deficiency that decomposing timber can cause.
Mrs Val put on a lovely afternoon tea with blue berry scones.
She also got some advice on what type of water tan she would require to catch roof water for her garden.

Mini Makeover Step by Step

We then went to Evelyn in Heathmont

 She had a garden bed that was looking a bit sad in the middle of her lawn. the bed had a lovely celtic Cascade in the centre and an old wheelbarrow pot. We thoroughly weeded the bed, cultivated
it and as the lite rain on Friday afternoon turned to a torrential down pour we planted a mixture of silver Cenerarium and multicoloured Alusm to give immediate colour. Then we planted nearly 100 petunias and top dressed with slow release fertilizer. Just as we finished the rain eased  Evelyn and her daughter came out and took photographs. They were delighted with their new garden.

Evelyn in Heathmont: it was a torrential pouring rain the whole time