When we moved in in December 2005 there was a paddock next to the house with twelve mature native trees. These would originally have been surrounded by bush, but in recent times stock were trampling their roots and sometimes eating their bark. We have fenced around these trees and underplanted with natives to turn 3000m2 back into bush with paths through it. The slideshow shows the progress over the last few years, including a veggie garden and orchard, shade house (now an undercover seating area), pizza oven and bbq.