Showing posts with label Gardening Progress. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gardening Progress. Show all posts

Sunday, 21 August 2016

The Last Border !!!

Another Border full of Crocosmia and Geraniums. I really like Crocosmia but not everywhere. I have saved some for planting at the Side of the house at the front and the rest has gone to good homes.

So this is what the border looked like before I dug it out. As always mum has been helping and kept me going :)

More Crocosmia and Geraniums

Very Full and Messy and Plants Overcrowded

Border extended round to path

and more Geraniums to the Back

Garden Clearing Continues

The patch by the Caravan is another project that we are doing and another very messy corner that needs sorting out.

Lee has been busy tidying and burning the rotten wood and we are trying to save everything from the garden to make a new square border here. I have quite a few Climbing Roses saved from the Vegetable plot ready in pots so this new border should look really nice when it's ready for planting. You might have to use your imagination.

Loads of Wood under Tarpaulin
Greenhouse No.2, now gone
Wood Pile Cleared, new border will be here
Materials Salvaged
Lee and his Man Bonfire
Burning Rotten Wood

Messed Up on the Grass Order

So I ordered the grass for our vegetable patch. Thought we would be getting 16 square metres to cover the whole patch but we ended up with 16 metre rolls :) not quite what we were expecting so another order is in for next week.  On the plus side Lee has managed to fix all the awkward patches and I've been smashing slate tiles to go around the Rowan Trees.

Lee Watering the Patches in the Rain
Awkward Patching

Nice green corner
Two Rowan Trees with Wooden Edging
Painted Wooden Edging
Smashed Slate Tiles
As we have loads of old wood, these are being put to use to edge the borders, fix fences are other useful things.

The Vegetable Patch

We were putting this off as it is such a big job. The whole lot needs to be cleared as we are laying down grass for low maintenance ... but I need to save the plants first and dig out all those weeds.

One side of the Vegetable Patch 
Section of the Vegetable Patch 
The Beginning
Another Section Clear
And Another
Almost Done
Finished and Levelled

... and 2 Rowan Trees planted
Plants saved and most went to good homes including the local garden centre.


Tuesday, 7 June 2016

The Garden in June

Everything has gone mad and we haven't finished the rest of the garden yet. Just look at all these lovely flowers. One small problem is that the geraniums are so big they are covering all the other plants, might have to be digging some of those out when I get back round to those borders. Glad I haven't watered anything with Miracle Grow yet!
Unusual Honeysuckle

Very Full Border

Eddy the Gargoyle amongst the Crocosmia

Cherry Tree

Border by the Pond Left

Border by the Pond Right

Border by the Beech Trees