after 5 years of hard work
By donnah
30 comments
After 5 years of hard work the garden is looking good. I would like to share with you all the changes which we made.
This is the garden after about 6 months of clearing it. It was so bad you could not walk down the garden as it was full of long grass weeds and bricks
This was the area where my swing is before meny months of back ache and a couple of years later it looks like this
A great place to sit and enjoy the evening in the summer.
This is the front after clearing it all out
And this was taken a couple of years later
We had been here for about 3 years at this point and it was then taken shape nicely
- 25 Jan, 2009
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You have a lovely garden Donnah.
25 Jan, 2009
Well Worth All the hard work Donnah, your gardens are Gorgeous, Ooooh isnt gardening Fantasic :)
25 Jan, 2009
Lovely garden, you must be very proud of yourself, I look forward to seeing more pictures as everything takes hold and grows away
25 Jan, 2009
What a difference Donnah.Amazing the difference a couple of years makes,and can tell youve worked really hard in your garden !
25 Jan, 2009
wow, this is amazing your garden looks beautiful!
25 Jan, 2009
Wow Wow Wow, absolutely beautiful! Well done!
25 Jan, 2009
What a transformation !
A really impressive amount of work which has definitely paid off. :o)
25 Jan, 2009
Your pictures are truely impressive Donnah, you put me to shame , wish i had a blank canvas again,
And of course 20 years of my life back,
25 Jan, 2009
Congratulations Donnah - this shows your hard work and efforts over the last five years and 'wow' what a difference! It's super that you have a photographic record showing how the garden has evolved and improved in such a short space of time. Thanks for sharing this with us.
25 Jan, 2009
Wow indeed, Donna! What a beautiful garden you have made. I reckon you should be very proud of it.
25 Jan, 2009
You have made an amazing difference Donnah. My hat's off to you. That has obviously been a labour of love and you have succeeded in making a lovely sanctuary. Well done.
26 Jan, 2009
After all that hard work you can now reap the rewards. Great job - makes it all worthwhile.
26 Jan, 2009
Well done Donna, fantastic transformation, very inspiring! i am currently approaching year 3 in my garden, and quite a bit of back breaking work to do. still will all be worth it in the end.
26 Jan, 2009
***** That's a five star award for a job well done. You should be justifiably proud. And you've still got the years of pleasure ahead.
26 Jan, 2009
Thank you all for your lovely kind comments
26 Jan, 2009
WOW your garden is brill, you really did but some work into it, well done.
26 Jan, 2009
Well done! You will notice terrific changes over the next five years as your plants grow larger and multiply. Lots of enjoyable pruning and exchanging with friends and neighbours ahead.
26 Jan, 2009
Absolutely amazing - complete transformation. Not just hard work, but imagination and an "eye". At least five gold stars!!
26 Jan, 2009
Great, lots of lovely colour and features.
26 Jan, 2009
thats a beautiful garden after lots of hard work i bet!! great photos Donna.
26 Jan, 2009
This is Super Donna keep up the Fantastic Work your doing :)
27 Jan, 2009
well done daughter.i enjoy my cup of tea in your garden.love hollygate
27 Jan, 2009
Goodness me you have worked hard, you have created a stunning garden a pleasure to sit in, Hollygate I can see how you would enjoy your tea there, I would.
28 Jan, 2009
Thank you all for your kind coments and the five stars
28 Jan, 2009
what a difference, well done!
Am interested to know what the orange (i think annuals?) are in that narrow rectangular bed in pics 4 and 5?
The picture of your greenhouse etc looks lovely too. : ))
28 Jan, 2009
What an uplifting story - my garden was already established when I moved here but I knew next to nothing about gardening so some things did not last! Actually, some plants are just now (after 11 years) being discovered as I clear debris and have finally gained the courage to prune overgrown hedges and bushes.
28 Jan, 2009
hi donnah,
love the garden & love the house, all your hard work has paid off.especially love the veg garden................steve
28 Jan, 2009
~well done! this year we need to get out out there and redo things which are not working!
30 Jan, 2009
Your garden looks very nice Donnah......
31 Jan, 2009
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You've done a lot of work Donnah and now have a beautiful garden.
25 Jan, 2009