24.05.08 The Front Garden

Here is the finished front garden! We managed to get the rest of the plants today and finished it off. Maybe in three years it will look like it's supposed to. But you get the general idea.

18.05.08 The Front Garden

Whilst we have been renovating, we had acquired lots of old copper piping and scrap metal. Rob weighed this in yesterday and got £250 from it. This has bought the plants for the front garden. I can't believe how expensive the plants are and in this shot alone is £76 worth! We have only completed this corner section as the garden centre did not have all the box hedging that we required.

The garden is starting to transform and whilst it will be about 3 years before it has properly developed, I think it is beginning to look great.

The courtyard where all the scrap metal was has been swept and Rob has hung the hanging baskets up. The pots that the plants from the front garden are in are now dotted around. Rob has also put up the outdoor clock that I bought him for our first wedding anniversary. It's not worthy of a picture, but it does look better.

11.05.08 The Front Garden

We have spent all weekend breaking up the slate into varying sizes. The slate needed to be broken with a hammer, sieved for the bigger pieces and then sieved again for the smaller pieces. It's been a dusty and quite boring job. However, now that it is all in place, I think that it looks lovely.

We have started digging the soil up and getting rid of the big stones in readiness for planting which will hopefully be next week.

I have also scraped the post at the end of the garden and have re-painted it black.

05.05.08 The Front Garden

Rob's been busy today. I haven't been able to do much until the brickwork is complete. The basic structure is there now and Rob's still busy in the garden pointing. If you have a look at the far end, the weed suppressor is in place. We have started to place the old slate that came off the roof to see what it will look like. We think it looks great!

04.05.08 The Front Garden

The garden starts it's transformation.

Can you tell what it is yet?!

03.05.08 The Front Garden

Our garden looked a bit like this when we began to hack it to pieces last Thursday. Rob got the urge to do something and then attacked the pathway last weekend. He cemented the pathway and added a row of bricks down the side of the path and then it rained!. He then started taking up the lawn and I finished it yesterday. We have since moved wheel barrow loads of soil to the back garden. Our neighbour Fred on the way back from his allotment, decided to help. I have never known anyone of his age with such energy and he puts us to shame and doesn't allow us little breaks!

We have a plan. I could tell you about it, but then it wouldn't be as exciting as seeing it develop slowly over the weeks. Or maybe faster if Fred is involved!