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Back Garden ... after the thunder storm

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By Alanb


Back Garden ... after the thunder storm

I put "Growmore" general fertilizer around the garden last night ... glad they got the weather forecast right. All nicely washed in now.



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Alan I want your garden, especially those two black chairs, please. Thank you

7 Jun, 2014

 

Hi W1nk, the garden isn't for sale on it's own, you would have to buy our house as well ... lol <]:-)) Glad you like it.

7 Jun, 2014

 

Very pretty. Love the open field behind it. Looks so peaceful.

7 Jun, 2014

 

Lovely arial shot Alan, love the layout ;0)

7 Jun, 2014

 

well done :-) lovely view of garden...

7 Jun, 2014

 

Thank you Klahanie, it is quiet, all you hear is the birds singing, Oh and of course the farmers tractors occasionally.

Thank you Carole and Jane. Wendy and I designed this, we studied the sun for a few months to make sure we had the patio in the correct place .....But, it doesnt really matter where you put the patio, when it's pouring with rain all day.

7 Jun, 2014

 

It's beautiful - I love looking at the garden when it's raining, it takes on a different dimension don't you think.

7 Jun, 2014

 

Thanks Angie, totally agree, very different after heavy rain, fresh, clean and a different a fragrance. Also saves many, many hours of watering pots! Yippee .... No watering tonight.... <]:-))

7 Jun, 2014

 

Was thinking the exact same thing Alan. Lucky me too as I broke the outside tap on Thursday and although I'm usually capable of carrying out such things, for some strange reason, I can't get the thing to stop dripping. I'm hoping my son's friend comes down tomorrow to do it for me!

7 Jun, 2014

 

Angie, I'm sure your friends son will fix it. In the meantime maybe pop a trug under the tap to collect the drips.

Thanks Homebird, we had a lot of fun designing this. We have been looking at some old photos, taken when we first moved in (18 years ago now). I will do a blog in the winter when the growing season is over.

7 Jun, 2014

 

Looking very nice Alan

9 Jun, 2014

 

Thank you.

9 Jun, 2014

 

That's a very pretty garden Alan :o)

9 Jun, 2014

 

Thank you.

9 Jun, 2014

 

A lovely garden so well designed, and nothing to spoil your view...

14 Jun, 2014

 

Thank you Dd2. I have some old photos and our original, sketched plan. I will do a blog later on in the year when I have a bit more time. I love seeing gardens develop from a blank canvas or a basic shape into something picturesque. There certainly have been a lot of GoY members that have achieved this. Most satisfying.

15 Jun, 2014

 

Awww! I do love your garden and the backdrop you have, you have planed your garden to a tee and like the others I would love your garden, its a credit to you :o))

16 Jun, 2014

 

Thanks Jackie, we love it. Being a keen golfer, it's very apt you use the expression, " planned to a tee". I will do a blog later this year to tell the story of it's development from a blank canvas.

16 Jun, 2014

 

He! He! That was very apt of me LOL, Can't wait to see your Blog Alanb :o))

18 Jun, 2014

 

Your garden is lovely......the fields beyond are great.....hope they will not be built on in the future!

5 Aug, 2014

 

Jackie, I will probably do the "design and development of our garden" blog in the winter when I have a bit more time. I have to scan in some "before photos", as we started this project 19 years ago. I didn't have a digital camera then, unfortunately.

Cosmosjane, thank you. The fields have had crops on for the last few years, wheat/corn and sometimes potatoes. It is "green belt", but you just can't tell what might happen these days.

5 Aug, 2014



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