Jim in his almost Magpie proof garden!

Here I am in what I hoped would be a totally Magpie proof garden. The holographic tape that doesn't show up so well, flashes rainbows and makes a racket. And the whirly kid's things ... well they whirl and make rainbows too! It's pretty darn effective. But everything I read makes those Maggies sound like real smart cookies. I'm going to put in a bunch of magnolias tomorrow (supposedly they don't like strong smells) The next step would be a plastic Owl. (wanna avoid that so the good birdies don't go) And so on and so forth!

View of our back porch which we have adopted as our front porch!

Lali following Jimmy around (everywhere) As usual

A poor, uninteresting shot! Edge of house and driveway

Plenty of room for vehicles and handyman 'stuff' (if only I were a HandyMan!)

South by southwest toward boundary with neighbor

Just about due south, end of garden, beginning of driveway

More garden and view of pond #3

The 'birth' of Jim's garden. 45 bales of lucerne hay with 5 cubic metres of super garden mix on top!

Towards pond #2 and the edges of jimmy's garden

Further south by southeast and the "bird blind" the original owner built! I assume he sat up in the little cubby and watched the birds. He built dozens of nesting boxes everywhere in the trees, but alas no birds seem to use them!

Further East by South East towards pond #2

Out towards the Eastern boundary and pond #1

The Pool

View from our back porch which we use as our front porch!