Garden Progress

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I thought I’d post an update on the progress we’re making in our garden. We’ve had to get some help into cut down the hedging and clear the piles of junk. Luckily the weather was kind! This was a couple of weeks ago, in March we took a week each off work and hired a skip!

Old hedge cuttings from previous years to be cleared.

Pile of old and new hedge cuttings to go into skip.

Painting the trellis

Another pile to clear

Starting to clear greenhouse

Plot cleared! Laburnham transplanted from another part of the garden.

Two gates found buried at the back of the garage. Transformed into a bit of trellis, then a set of gates found laid aroung the garden put into place next to them to keep our lovely dog safely in the garden.

Abstract structure made from stone laid under all the piles of old cuttings, and the lilac bushes!

So of course they had to be repainted a different colour! So we went for silver, lighten up the iron work.

Of course it made the railings look very tired.

Railings sanded down ready to be transformed with silver paint.

Railings being painted.

Which in turn made the drive gates look in need!

Meanwhile back up the hill…… work progressed on creating a gravel garden.

Then the snow came!

More shots of the snow! Over the bridge and there are lots of flowers in those pots!

Probably had 6" all told!

9 April, snow gone, no harm done to the pots!

Same view as when covered with snow.

Spring border planted last autumn.

The Peony plant wasn’t showing two weeks ago. Has spent since December buried under a foot of rotten pigeon droppings.

Peony on the other side, you can just see the broad bean plants that went in today in the raised bed.

The pots really haven’t been affected by the snow!

View of the broad beans and cabbage growing in my new veg patch.

Leeks, onions and garlic growing on in the greenhouse.

The Chilli plants, and stock sown on lower level, iris bulbs to go into the garden when it warms up!

Tomato plants growing on, have some flower buds already. Only growing them because you can’t have a greenhouse without tomatoes, I don’t like eating them!!!

More plants waiting to go into the garden down the slope facing the drive.

Picture of a couple of pots on a stand growing by the front door.

I hope that you have enjoyed looking at the work we’ve put in and progress we’ve made so far. I’ll post more pictures as we move round the garden.

More digging in the veg plot. Hard going because it’s full of couch grass.

Clematis Aplina White Columbine planted a couple of weeks ago.

Another shot of the Clematis Alpina, hoping it will grow up the trellis over the summer and give a good show next spring.

• 9 Apr, 2012
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