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Before And After

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By nana_d

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Some of you may remember I had managed to lose the original pictures of my garden when I move into the bungalow but our friendly estate agent came up trumps and sent my a couple of pics from archive of our garden and here it is in all its glory!

We moved into the bungalow in May 2009 and here are some photos taken today

A lot of hard work but we are really happy with the results and can now sit and enjoy our garden….thats when I am not potting all the plants, mowing the lawn, dead heading the flowers, weeding and watering like crazy:)

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It looks all the better when you can see the before. You can see all the hard work. Your pots give you some lovely colour and the stones set them off well.

6 Jun, 2011

 

What a huge difference and a brilliant end result - it looks a luxury garden Nana D

6 Jun, 2011

 

Thank you Marshmallow and Paul glad we did it all ourselves it would have cost a fortune to get people in we did most of the work last year to give ourselves a break from the renovation work in the bungalow lol! Only one room to do now .............would we do it again? Not on your nelly :)

6 Jun, 2011

 

Great before and after pics, lovely garden to sit in now!

6 Jun, 2011

 

Yes know what you mean - such hard work and messy at times

6 Jun, 2011

 

Hi Teds yes we feel really relaxed now and we can watch the sun go down in the evening which is really lovely.

Oh Paul my friends cannot believe that I don gardening old clothes and get stuck in but I really do enjoy it all:)

6 Jun, 2011

 

Looks like you've really tamed the wilderness there!

6 Jun, 2011

 

I really like looking at before and after photos and your 'after' ones are amazingly different :-)

6 Jun, 2011

 

Yes me too Nana :):):)

6 Jun, 2011

 

Well, all that effort was really worth while Nana, it looks like a really well loved garden, and not as Annie says, a wilderness! Congratulations on the resident in your bird box too, Keith has put up lots, but nobody seems to want them, what was that about a housing crisis?! Lol!

6 Jun, 2011

 

You have worked very hard to make this garden so very pretty ... well done to both of you. Could you tell me how often you clip, or trim, the Ivy? I have one similar on the back garden fence and never really know when is the best time to give it a trim. Thanks Nana d : o ))

6 Jun, 2011

 

well, what a difference ~ you have done a great job!

helpful estate agents??? they could be worth knowing!!

6 Jun, 2011

 

Lovely! Great transformation. Lots of colours from the pots, especially like picture 5. Pots on pebbles. Been to the beach to get those? !!!. I've noticed that ~"thingy" wall hanging? on the last picture. That has given me an idea, I think I can get something like that near me. You've done wonders with your garden. BRAVO!

7 Jun, 2011

 

Lovely transformation; you must be proud of your efforts.... It's fantastic when one can look back at the 'before' situation; it makes the hard work even more worthwhile....
If I could pass on any worthwhile advice it would be "TAKE PICTURES BEFORE YOU START". Sadly, I rarely follow that maxim, I'm hopeless at remembering to take the 'before' photos.

7 Jun, 2011

 

Thank you everyone for such lovely comments, Shirley I tend to cut the Ivy back once a month it grows really fast and it doesn't seem to harm it when I first move in I did not know there was a wall underneath all the over grown ivy:) Ha ha yes I am blessed to have found helpful estate agents they were so good when we moved in strange and hard to believe but true:)

7 Jun, 2011

 

:-)) good to know there are some nice ones somewhere!!

7 Jun, 2011

 

I love before and after pics, you have done a brilliant job

7 Jun, 2011

 

Always great to see the before and after, and during...it makes all the BST and grunt worthwhile..and the best part is feet up, with whatever your fav drink is T Coffee etc and enjoy..good job well done..

7 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks Annella and Crissue for you lovely comments:)

7 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks for the info. on trimming the Ivy ... another job to do then! : o )

7 Jun, 2011

 

well done..great blog and great to see your efforts and the resulting rewards..excellent thanks for sharing

8 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks for your lovely comment Skipscana1:)

8 Jun, 2011

 

Pretty garden, and lovely groups of pots..
well done :o)

14 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks Terratoonie, got to concentrate on what I want to do for the front gardent next year:)

14 Jun, 2011

 

Lol .. enjoy making your plans :o)

14 Jun, 2011

 

What a transformation and your grass is so green! It's surprising how many different types of bird you get in a garden and now you can sit out there with your binoculars and wine, admire your hard work and watch the birds too.
Enjoy! :-)

16 Jun, 2011

 

Thanks Muddywalter for all your lovely comments yes when the rain stops for five minutes here we will attempt a bottle of wine enjoying our handywork:)

16 Jun, 2011

 

Very neat and tidy..my garden is a bit higgeldy piggeldy but then that's me lol
Lovely pics!

17 Jun, 2011

 

beautiful i just started transforming my new garden hope it turns out half as lovely :)

19 Jun, 2011

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