Our Front Garden Revamp (Beach Garden & Picket Fencing)

Interesting to see the work you've been doing.
Well done.
I'm adding this to GoYpedia Weed Suppressing Membranes...

...and Pebbles, of course...Lol... :o)))

Looks like a lot of hard work to me. Good to have a husband like Barry to build the fence and gate. I look forward to seeing the planting LadyEssex.

My goodness - sorting out all those pebbles and shells! You were soooo patient. Does Pebbles like the pebbles? LOL.

*Thanks Terratoonie* :o))

*Linda*.It was a lot of hard work , Oooooo! I ache lol, we both worked our butt's off LOL, Barry had to cut all the Wedged Mortice & Tenon's out by hand as he hasn't a Morticer at the moment so the gate took him one & a half days to make, with the tool it would of taken 8hrs. Not too much planting to do as Barry needs to be able to get to the hedge to cut it, I could use plastic plant's LOL, may grow some plants in pots so we can move them when hedge is to be cut :O))

*Spritzhenry* Ha! Ha! Never again but I thought it would of taken me longer than 4 days, I suprised myself LOL and I glad I did it now.

And Yes! Pebbles likes Pebbles LOL

You will be seeing stones in your sleep but it was necessary to sort it all out....the fence/gate looks good...I hope Pebbles knows it is for his benefit. Pebbles looked so cute peeking out from the gate :)

Pots that can be moved around should work quite well. Good luck as you work towards completion of your front garden project, Ladyessex.

Thank You Whitonlass, Oh! And Pebbles is a she lol. :o)

I had a thought - if you were able to get some interesting driftwood, that would make a good feature on the pebbles. How about that? :-)))

Oh dear Ladyessex...I am beginning to get it wrong on all the pets my GOY friends have. I hope I haven't insulted Pebbles?

Spritz. I do have some drift wood that I brought back from Wales once also I have a lovely anchor that someone gave me a few years back but always been scared someone may take a liking to it, I have been trying to find a concrete seagull or a plastic one would do but no luck as yet. :O)))

You could probably get Barry to fasten them down somehow, I'd imagine.

Whistonlass. Ha! Ha! Don't worry you are not the first to call her a He lol Just think of the Flintstones, Bambam and P...... LOL
And No you haven't insulted her as she is a bit of a Tom Boy anyway :O)

Ha! Ha! His not digging up my Pebble Garden to do it but we will think of something LOL :O)

Looks a lot of hard work Jackie......well done you! How about some pots of grasses for your seaside garden....would look like sand dunes.....:o)) They would work well with Spritz's driftwood too.........

Yes, grasses! :)

I agree. Grassed would look good.
He! He! Having to smile, Pebbles is laying on the settee with me and has the Hicups LOL. :o))))

Aww....Pebbles with hiccups...that would be entertaining :)

LOL :O))))))))))))))))

So....have you been able to do any more work in your front garden? The weather here is wet, wet, wet! Nothing going to happen very soon...I've replied on my blog to tell you that work commences on 6th Dec. in our back garden.

And how's Pebbles? No more hiccups? lol

We are quite lucky with dryish weather in this neck of the woods, we have had a little rain in the past week, today the weather has been kind to us here but I have had a cold and not been able to do anything for a few days but today I dug some of the clay soil and added old used compost+dug in old sea shells to try and break the clay up a bit, it worked in quite well and put a plant in, tomorrow morning I hope to get some bulbs in but afternoon the weather forcast is rain so I will see how it goes. :o)))
Mmmmm! No hiccups at the moment but she is Woofing in her sleep though LOL

I hope you are soon feeling better, Ladyessex. You've got some of your ground worked today and let's just hope you can get out to plant up your bulbs. We have a forecast of rain for a few days.

I've got cabin fever and would just like to escape for a day out...see whether the rain puts us off an outing or not.

Pebbles must be chasing another dog in her dreams..woofing and all! lol

Hope you can escape for that day out.
Pebbles likes chasing the foxes out of our garden, it worrys me a bit as she is so small but she has the gut's of a big dog the little scamp LOL Woof! Woof! :o))))

She's a foxy lady....lol

LOL :O))))

Hi you are on the front page LE. I bet your mums pleased. What hard work, but good for the figure! The front garden looks great. I lost a tooth cap on a gravel beach once when I sneezed. Took about 2 hours to find it....know how you feel.....stones marching in front of my eyes.

You say I'm on the front page ? Where do I find the Front Page LE ??????? Duhhhh! I'm confused LOL :o))))

Hi Ladyessex....I think Dorjac means you were featured in recent blogs by our members. I don't know that it will still be visible now as other blogs will have been written by members in the meantime. Photos get featured there too.

Just click on "members" at the top left of the page to check. Hope that solves the mystery for you, LE. lol

When you first log on LE, the site introductory (front) page comes up. Under YOUR OPTIONS further down the 'front page' is featured, temporarily, a garden picture, currently Flcrazy and 'arch ideas'. Yours was an arch with 'cottage garden' ideas caption. I don't know how long this is posted for. The avatar is bottom right of the featured picture. To go back to this I logged off GoY and on again. Maybe you could use 'contact us' bottom of page us to ask, if you look for emails a lot, to be emailed if featured. This picture used to be up for much longer. Shame your mum would have loved that.