We are currently residing in a 3 bed house with a huge rear garden, which was very overgrown. It was full of trees and bramble bushes with stalks approx 3 inches thick...was like a jungle.
The house was barebones so we knew we had work to do. So we cracked on and in no time the place was painted, carpeted, furniture moved in and we was living here.
We then started on the garden, firstly just tidying it up and clearing the rubbish out. Then we started to dig the weeds up and create borders...the ground was like concrete everywhere as it hadn't been worked on in over 10yrs.
Fences were erected and gates put up, all painted rich cedar and that alone made a massive improvement to the garden.
We decided on creating our own vegie patch...never done it before.
Potatoes
Carrots
Lettuce
Turnips
Radish
Butternut Squash
Red Onion
Leeks
Garlic
Tomato's
Curly Kale
Sprouts
Brocoli
Only mistake we made is that on most things we have sowed them to close, but we know better for next year...Next year will be better as we will have learned from our mistakes and produce a much better harvest.
We are currently working on a pond, boy did that take some wiring up but it is looking good and next week we can add some fish to it...only goldfish tho :(
Today we have got 2 tonnes of topsoil arriving and that is for the pond area so we can plant some alpine plants and create a rockery.
We have still got to put in a wishing well in the centre of the garden as a remembrance for Michelle Mum Iris, who sadly passed away on 21 July 2011... R.I.P
Our plan for next year is to get a shed and get a section paved down the bottom of the garden, Get a Gazebo up and actually have some BBQ's and enjoy the garden.
We also have to concentrate on getting the front garden sorted, gonna keep it simple and shingle it with a design in the middle of each section.
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| Taken after we ripped the trees and bramble bushes out |
The house was barebones so we knew we had work to do. So we cracked on and in no time the place was painted, carpeted, furniture moved in and we was living here.
We then started on the garden, firstly just tidying it up and clearing the rubbish out. Then we started to dig the weeds up and create borders...the ground was like concrete everywhere as it hadn't been worked on in over 10yrs.
Fences were erected and gates put up, all painted rich cedar and that alone made a massive improvement to the garden.
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| Fenced at last |
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| Veg Patch...Growing nicely :) |
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| Progression shot |
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| Vegies nearly rdy..yum yum |
We decided on creating our own vegie patch...never done it before.
Potatoes
Carrots
Lettuce
Turnips
Radish
Butternut Squash
Red Onion
Leeks
Garlic
Tomato's
Curly Kale
Sprouts
Brocoli
Only mistake we made is that on most things we have sowed them to close, but we know better for next year...Next year will be better as we will have learned from our mistakes and produce a much better harvest.
We are currently working on a pond, boy did that take some wiring up but it is looking good and next week we can add some fish to it...only goldfish tho :(
Today we have got 2 tonnes of topsoil arriving and that is for the pond area so we can plant some alpine plants and create a rockery.
We have still got to put in a wishing well in the centre of the garden as a remembrance for Michelle Mum Iris, who sadly passed away on 21 July 2011... R.I.P
Our plan for next year is to get a shed and get a section paved down the bottom of the garden, Get a Gazebo up and actually have some BBQ's and enjoy the garden.
We also have to concentrate on getting the front garden sorted, gonna keep it simple and shingle it with a design in the middle of each section.
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