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.

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