Before and After 1997 to 2017

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Someone on Facebook asked for pics of before and after which I shared the other day (first and last pic), and I thought I would share the same with my GOY friends (plus a few more inbetween), I’m so pleased with my garden this year and all the hard work my hubby has done also for me the last few years, my enthusiasm/obsession! has rubbed off on him over the years, he now also loves gardening with me and seeing it all looking nice, hope you like the photos and thankyou for looking :-))

1) 20 years ago when we moved in.

2) We had all the raised beds taken out and turf right the way to the edges (as you do)

3) The sunken area in the bottom left corner was where a greenhouse used to be (was removed before we moved in)

4) Decided to take out the shed (home made by previous owners), the back of it was made out of an old consertina garage door!

5) Bought in 10 tonne of topsoil to fill in the sunken area, which was delivered on the driveway and had to be wheelbarrowed to the back, chose one of the hottest days of the year to do it, OH says it was beginning of September 2003. Dont seem to have any photos of it, the picture below was a couple of years later. Also we decided with our neighbours at the back to take out the privet hedge and put in fencing. The robinia tree was planted in 2001 which grew lovely until 2009 when it started to die back etc we had to get rid of it, hubby was able to just push it and it came out the ground :-((

6) Below is 2010, we had not long had the back of the house extended and new patio and I had just joined GOY which was obviously giving me lots of ideas and I wanted to shape the borders etc to suit the new patio, this was the result. You can just make out the arbour seat in this pic, it had finally seen better days and thought I would be able to create a better border without it so decided to removed it a couple of years ago.

7) Below is this week, we got rid of the trampoline this spring, the bottom south facing border is the newest and probably my favourite as there was nothing atall in there, this has been developed over the last few years, really pleased with how it is looking, still areas to improve (as ever) but on the whole am very pleased.

1 Jul, 2017
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Thorneyside

Amazing transformation daylily.

1 Jul, 2017

Gnarly_gnome

put the hardwork in and this is the results , good on you

1 Jul, 2017

Daylily

Thanks Ts and Gg :-))

1 Jul, 2017

Thrupennybit

You both deserve a pat on the back your OH has created an oasis for you with all that base hard work .

1 Jul, 2017

Hywel

Interesting to see how your garden has changed over time. It looks lovely now :)

1 Jul, 2017

Daylily

Thankyou Tpb he has bless him, we were lucky really with our soil as the previous owner told us they used to dig in leaf mold twice a year, didn't realise what it meant till became keen myself and until I tried to plant in the in-laws garden down the road and couldn't even get the spade in the ground !! :-))

Thanks Hywel :-))

1 Jul, 2017

Bloomer

I love this blog and photo's,Daylily.It's so interesting seeing before and after pictures...and what a transformation you and your OH have made to it..lots of hard work,but the effort you have put into it,is plain to see . and well worth it..thanks for sharing :o)

1 Jul, 2017

Thrupennybit

Yes surprising what digging innleaf mould does I know it as Black Gold you can see why .

1 Jul, 2017

Daylily

Thankyou Bloomer, I love to see before and after also, it gives us the inspiration to do it ourselves, thanks again :-))

Tpb, that's a good name for it, I've never made any myself, might need to have a go :-))

2 Jul, 2017

Siris

Well done you both. Your garden is looking like a plants persons garden now, it is lovely and peaceful and beginning to look secluded from the neighbours.

3 Jul, 2017

Jenlewis

What a difference. It is looking so good now. In the last photo, is the splash of orange that Indian summer? Is really dones stand out. :-).

3 Jul, 2017

Lisam

What a great transformation. It looks really good now. Would leaf mould help a clay soil?

3 Jul, 2017

Daylily

Thanks Siris, that's very kind I do love my plants ;-) that is my aim to screen the fencing so it all looks nice and enclosed :-))

4 Jul, 2017

Daylily

Thanks Jen, yes it is Indian Summer, it's been lovely and done really well again :-))

4 Jul, 2017

Daylily

Hi Lisa, yes it should our soil is acidic and clay, or add garden compost, or well rotted manure and grit for drainage :-))

4 Jul, 2017

Jenlewis

I've been looking it up again lol. Liked that it will tolerate part shade. Have made up my mind that I really must get one :-) now all I've got do is find one fairly locally. :-)

4 Jul, 2017

Lisam

Thank you Daylily.

4 Jul, 2017

Daylily

Your welcome, Lisa :-)

Go for it Jen :-)

4 Jul, 2017