Saturday, 31 December 2011

Bringing the inside, outside

No garden in Australia is truly complete if it does not have a place to relax and BBQ with friends. In our quest to make full use of this opportunity of having a garden, we decided to add this aspect too.

Boxing day sales are famous in Australia for great bargains, so we went in search during that period. We saw many BBQ ranges, there are many options to choose to from! First, we had an option of fuel - coal or gas. Then was the number of burners. And finally, we had to decide whether we needed a stove on the side or not. It was a difficult choice, but we made it in the end.

New BBQ


Next was the seating. This was simpler and we knew that we wanted six chairs. The only difficulty was the selection of a colour for the umbrella because the choice was limited (read: boring!), so we were stuck with black. Finally, we also bought an outdoor kennel for the dogs so that they had a shady spot to relax in.

Doggie kennel


We tried out the BBQ the day it arrived. And to complete the Australian tradition, we hosted a BBQ party on Australia day.

Meanwhile, our first potatoes and coriander were ready! The tomato plant was also flowering, so the tomatoes were not far away either. We had a taste of them and it was so much better than the store bought veggies. The first harvest really brought home the fact that growing your own vegetables is really worth the effort.

First potatoes

Coriander

Tomato flowers

Update:  June 2013
Strong winds in Melbourne toppled over our outdoor seating. The umbrella caught the wind and flew off, shattering the glass. The winds were so strong that the chairs flew off too! We had to replace the table and umbrella with a new set, this time we had a brighter coloured umbrella.

Outdoor seating destroyed by strong winds

Umbrella blown away

Shattered glass of the table top


New outdoor seating

2 comments:

Rishabh said...

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Pallavi said...

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