Hillsidegirl's Blog archive

Finished garden

It has taken me around 9 months to tranform my garden. Now I just potter and tweak....

Looking far better than I imagined

After getting all the free plants and hard work, things have really grown. I have...

Slug beery glug glug

Well the beer traps have certainly worked but as the cheapest aldi ale is 99p, I...

It is getting there

Today, I had a lovely chat with neighbour Bruce about how amazing the garden looks...

Sunshine in Notts

Well... the grass seed is ordered so I finished the prep of the lower garden today....

Progress on the hillside

I recently posted a few photos of progress in the lower garden. Using the freecycle...

Freecycle bounty

I haven't managed to do much over the last week due to a horrible cold. It has really...

The lower garden and waste

Ooh I ache. Due to the steep nature of the garden, I rely on my trusty Rhino bags...

Slow progress

I will be posting some new photos but progress so far includes a first coat of garden...

Steps to the lower garden

I only spent a little time today clearing the rockery steps to the lower garden....

IVY

Thank you so much for the useful comments about the ivy! I will look up that tool...

Todays effort

I just wanted to show some photos of the front garden as thats been a ongoing project. Free...