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.

Some Tractor Thingy Hit our Wall

8.50pm and we hear an enormous clatter at the front of our house. It wasn't even dark as you can see from the photos. When we went out the driver had gone and left us with this:

Only 1 Ball Remaining

Totally Cracked 

Damaged Wall

Luckily Lee is very good at DIY and managed to fix it back and re-paint everything.

Wall Repaired and Painted Up

Little Reflectors Added

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.

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

Replanting the Ferns

This border is going to have steps going down to our small archery range so I cleaned all the dried leaves out and replanted some of the Ferns that are springing up around the rest of the garden. I've also put some Aquilegia to give it a little bit of colour. Solomon's Seal is already in flower and some Geraniums, hopefully the carpet of Ivy will come back and keep the weeds out.

Clearing the Border

Lots of Ferns Planted

20 Yards to the Archery Target

New Patio Set?

The cast iron chairs got a nice makeover, but I will definitely be buying black spray paint next time, so time consuming and I'm pretty sure there are bits I've missed. The patio table was left by the previous owner but is actually the same pattern so I painted that too. All looks like new and will last for many more years to come ... and all Black of course.

Before

After

The Old Railway

It's so lovely having this at the back of our house. The previous owner used to maintain it and just kept it clear so we have decided to carry this on. Lee spent quite some time strimming back the overgrowth so that there is a nice walkway through. It goes quite far and backs onto the Llama fields. Luna loves it and it's like a secret escape in the Summer, our own private walkway even though it isn't ours. In the Winter it is totally flooded so not really usable, I believe that is one of the main reasons why the Railway was discontinued. A lot of the land was sold off and we think that this was bought by a neighbour but it is not registered at the Land Registry Office so who knows. We all absolutely love it.

To the Railway

Lee's Strimming

The Path to the Railway Bridge

Secret Steps

The Railway Bridge

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