My Courtyard

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After rattling around in our five-bed roomed spacious detached house for a couple of years once our three girls and three foster children had flown the nest, we decided to look for something smaller for our retirement, maybe a three bed roomed semi we thought. (downsizing) We had lived for thirty-five years in this house that had massive lawns to three sides with huge flower beds too.

When we sold our property we had five weeks to complete and no where to live, all the superb housing that we had previously viewed had now been snapped up. ‘Typical’ I can honestly say that I have spent more time buying a pair of shoes than I did buying this sadly neglected semi-detached two-bed roomed bungalow (Big mistake.) although the local charity shops, friends and relatives benefited from our uprooting.

The property was empty and a corner location situated on a tree lined grass verge road overlooking a bowling green and tennis courts. The garden was colossal and full of broken flagstones with weeds as big as trees and gigantic bushes. However the trees were full of birds and the elderly lady next door was delightful. Ten years on I’m still here! however, we have a loft conversion, ‘two extra bedrooms’ a dining-room and conservatory.
My husband loves cutting the grass and the front and side lawn’s always looks the business when he has just cut them.
The back garden is now a courtyard bursting with colour, chock-full of various grasses, bamboos, Acer’s, and an oriental arch. It’s also a haven for the enormous variety of birds that visit as well as a great pleasure for me, my husband, friends and family that sit and enjoy in my conservatory.
I still miss my large house and garden but wouldn’t want it back and I fined it easier to maintain my colourful backyard.

My garden has been a little neglected just recently – I have been busy crown green bowling every day enjoying the good weather, although some of the greens are in a very poor state, those especially in the parks are crying out for rain. I have decided that this Friday evening weather permitting I’m giving my garden some TLC.

• 12 Jun, 2010
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