Garden Projects and DIY

There he was chipping away with hammer and chisel and no safety specs or goggles, silly boy.

I actually prefer Davids seat to the ones I posted photos of for two main reasons. First, it is repeatable. Second, there is a sense of humour in its design.

You are very kind to your cacti. We get very wet weather here too but I put most of my cacti in a perspex shelter outside the back door. It's mostly dry in there, and I can see them when I wash the dishes. I've never grown Achimenes. They are pretty. Maybe I'll try them next year

Sedums? Maybe a nice decorative grass?

Thank you for putting the link up @Sheal

Thanks very much, a fence man will come to give QUOTE on Wednesday, if it's not very expensive, he will do that

Thank for the tips Sandy! There's always that extra bit of satisfaction when something is completely done yourself. Hopefully one day I will have another garden to test this out on.Thank you @"M"

Sorry been on hols for a couple of weeks, but I can see you are doing very well anyway. I can't add much, maybe just raise the cutting height on your mower as shiney says and keep on watering.

Very nice too; looking forward to seeing the ones you make

Thanks all. Sheal, after living with the problem for over two years now I've come to realise there's little I can do. It must be the ground water level rising with rainfall. One advantage is I never have to water the garden apart from the greenhouse and raised beds!

Thanks, have looked for plans in the past and always come up short, bookmarked.

You could staple some thick polythene to the pallet that's going into the trench.

I'm so sorry I've only just seen your thread....welcome to the forum Liam.You really are doing a fantastic job, the garden is looking great

Yep, water migrating thru the wall will drag the salts with it.If you want to go to extremes, you could saturate the wall and then put a poultice on it, let it dry and the salts will crystalise out on the surface of the poultice, which you then remove.

Stunning @silu any pics yet this year.

It would be even easier to maintain if you put slabs down instead of gravel. As you don't have a large area to do you may be able to pick up some slabs cheaply. Some of the builder's merchants do 'end of lines'. They're not usually real end of lines (no longer manufactured) but just what's...

No worries and thanks for the heads up

Hello friends,Around my country house à built this wrap around porch.3 sections: Covered, raised and under deck storage.Steps: ----> My wrap around porch

Patio door will be sat on the blue brick, that's near as dam it my room level just one brick step down to decking.

Yes please keep us up to date, you can get angled fittings for the fall pipe a few more option's below to give you ideas what you could do.