Our 1st Garden That I Revamped

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I really wanted this to be my 1st blog but is now my 2nd as I had to comment about the CFS award for Best In Show but thats another matter. lol

Well we moved in to this flat in January and didn’t know what state the garden was in as it was under 2ft of snow. Oh yes, mother nature decided to snow on the day we moved in but that didn’t stop us!

So it was into March before I could get into the garden as moving in takes so long to unpack & make it your home but guess most of us have been there. So got rid of weeds, dead ivy and decided to give it a small border to start with the help of my daughter Mia. Bless her

So with the border done it was time to get rid of that moss of a lawn. Looks like grass but I can assure you it was nothing but mostly moss & mud. Maybe 10% grass.

So moss killer put down and wait for it to die before digging it up to start a fresh.

Popped down to B&Q as I saw they was selling turf when I got the moss killer so thought i’d see what the quality was like as it was only £2.30 a roll. It was just a basic hardy turf which was fine for my garden as the cheapest i’d found was around £300. This cost just over £50 so decided to gamble and bought the 1st lot there & then as we was forcasted heavy rain all weekend so perfect weather for it. Got soaked putting it in the car and out again. lol

So put my full wets on and decided to make a start the same day and got the 1st lot laid just before I lost all light! lol

Next morning, up at 1st light to see how it was looking as was working blind for the last row. Only thing I had to do was cut round the drain but so far so good so decided to head down B&Q to buy the rest of the turf ready for the hardest bit.

The last section took longer to do as doing the cutouts and trying to keep the sections as big as poss to prevent breakage was a nightmare but got there in the end. Looks a little patchy but thats normal to start but just pleased got it done before got drenched as the rain was looming. Plenty of it.

So with the turf now down for about a week I decided it was time to brighten up the border with some annual flowers.

Then decided that a edging border might look good and glad i did.

Next up was sheds to repair & repaint as my mate was giving me grief about it! lol. Totally changed the garden to be honest.

Now it was 3 weeks since turf had been laid and was ready for its 1st haircut

Then got some planters for near the sheds & trellis’s to add to the garden fences.

With trellis’s up it was time to plant the clematis’s and climbing rose.

Then decided to have a go at making my own Fuchsia hanging basket & mixed hanging basket from B&Q as i’d already done a pansy hanging basket which was going well. Mind you, got soaked through adding some trailling plants to pansy HB.

So HB all done and fixed to the fence. Looking quite nice down there now with the plants starting to bush out.

Having planted 4 shrubs down the back along with 2 bleeding hearts, I decided to give the bush that grows between the staghorn tree to give the new plants some sun and air. The response was quite quick and soon shot up. Not sure if this was me trimming or just coincedent. lol

Have a infestation of snails and slugs but seam to be getting on top of it now as less and less dead ones being found after eating the pellets. Started off about 20-30 for couple of days then down to 10-20 and now only a few tonight.
The mystery plant is coming along so well and only a matter of weeks before we see what flowers and end the comp to see who has won! lol. Can’t believe this is the same scraggly dead looking plant that i cut back to the roots in March.

A lot of plants are starting to flower just lovely including The President Clematis, petunia’s, Dianthus & Oriental Lily (Mona Lisa). This is the 2nd as the 1st got mostly eaten by snails & slugs. 2nd is in full flower. I split the old one up and put in different places. Its just starting to open up now

This is the latest pics of the garden taken a couple of days ago and just love my revamped garden. Gives me so much satisfaction to know I done all this for the very 1st time with no expert help.

This is how it looks as of yesterday with ivy gone from back, fence repainted, more shrubs and rose bush’s at the back and fox gloves added to under the shed hanging basket

View from our bedroom. The flowers down the side of the shed is all from seeds that was sowed in March

Hopefully I haven’t bored anyone to tears and thanks for taking time out to read my blog. Probably left some bits out but took longer than i thought.
My others won’t be so long winded! lol
Look forward to reading any replies recieved
Steve

27 May, 2010
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Sanbaz

well done with the blog steve, really enjoyed seeing it all come together, you have worked so hard and its payed off to, looks so pretty just like your little helper mia ;o)))

27 May, 2010

Our 1st Garden That I Revamped

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