Before And After

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.

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

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 :)

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

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

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:)

Looks like you've really tamed the wilderness there!

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

Yes me too Nana :):):)

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!

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 ))

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

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

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!

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.

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:)

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

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

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..

Thanks Annella and Crissue for you lovely comments:)

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

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

Thanks for your lovely comment Skipscana1:)

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

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

Lol .. enjoy making your plans :o)

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! :-)

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:)

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

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