My dead hedge

S and I worked in the garden for a good couple of hours. We planted a dozen native plants near the letter box. I scattered some crushed Ponga trunk and spread that around the base of the plants, which will offer a degree of reducing loss of water. It will also protect against unwanted other plants. Overall it should make it easier for the postman to access the letterbox.

(Adde on Sunday 13)
I have been slowly building up a visual edge to the as yet somewhat uneven lawn. Because the Nikau fronds breakdown slowly, and they are too stringy to be dealt to by the mulcher, they form a long and strong basis for this Dead Hedge. It runs fairly much along the top of a steep slope down into a hollow filled with fallen Ponga and Hikau fronds plus tradescantia. The lawn side is more challenging to work out.