New Art Table

I bought this little gem on Ebay and gave it a makeover with chalk paint. It's just the right size to put in the corner of the bedroom where I can escape and concentrate on my work.

Love this old secretary desk

5 little drawers and 8 larger drawers

Side View

Lovely Detail

Painted Up and Ready for Work

Summer Solstice Painting

The May Garden

Not so many flowers in this part of the garden this year. We had a late frost which killed a lot of Lupins and left lots of gaps. I've replaced these now with some new plants but they are a little small to make a difference this year.

Left Hand Side Before new border

After Photo

Not as many flowers this year

A few new plants

Need to skim off the pond again

Must get some more Alliums for next year

Voles have been eating the Aquillegia

The Vegetable Patch has definitely gone

Replacing the Vegetable Patch has made such a difference to us. This section of the garden only needs mowing now and I really like the big open space.

Before Photos:

This patch got a little out of hand for us

Lots of lovely plants that were moved to other parts of garden

One section cleared

... and After.  Totally Transformed

Beautiful Clematis in the border

One Year On, Border by the Caravan

Seems like a lifetime ago since I put in loads of primroses to fill up this border. This border had absolutely nothing in it and I wasn't sure if anything would grow because it was so gravelly and hard to dig, so glad I was wrong :)

Putting in the Shrubs 

The start of Primrose planting

The border now 

Mended and Painted Fences

Old Leaky Birdbath planted up with Hens and Chicks

Can't remember what this is called :)

Beautiful May Border

Roses and Foxgloves

The Little Orchard and Greenhouse

Photos from around the garden with some Before and After Photos. The Little Orchard has really filled out this year but we haven't had much blossom, fingers crossed we get some fruit. Lee has been busy in the greenhouse growing Tomatoes, Strawberries, Peppers, Lettuce, Courgettes and Potatoes.

Chicken Coop went to a good home

Clearing the weeds

All clear and ready

The orchard in May 2017

Tomatoes growing underneath

Lee's Greenhouse

New Steps for our Archery Bit

This is going to be so much better for us as we can both just walk straight down the middle to collect our arrows. Lee has built some really good steps on quite a steep slope. It'll be really nice when the plants spill over and soften it up a bit. I've used the last of the stones to build another dry stone wall. We have almost used everything up in the garden now, very little has been thrown away, we have used, replanted and recycled everything.

This poor section looking very sorry for itself

Sun House Painted inside and out

New concrete steps and drystone wall

Little chair found at the skip and painted up

Bits and Pieces around the Caravan

Some Before and After gardening photos from the caravan section. It's looking really lovely now.

Just a little TLC needed and a touch of Spring

Before

After

Behind the Caravan

Planted with Wild Strawberries for the Birds

Beautiful Clematis will run along the fence

Finally, New Border in the Caravan Garden

Well, it's been some time since I posted our progress in the garden. The caravan section is almost complete, we just have 2 bird boxes to put up. Here's some of our Before and After photos for this section of the garden. We used the old Breeze Blocks from the greenhouse and a couple of old doors for the back. Old broken roofing tiles were added to the border to stop some of the weeds until the plants grow.

Messy Corner

2nd Greenhouse

Salvage Section

Starting to tidy up

New Flower Bed, Fences Fixed and Painted and Pots

Flower Bed with Rhubarb, Roses, Honeysuckle, Hebe and Ivy

Little Heathers, Tree Stumps and Bark

View straight down