My Garden's Working Progress

One quick suggestion in relation to both sheds.
It would be a good idea to cut the hedges back slightly, so that they aren't touching the sides. It'll allow the wood to breathe and help prevent any premature rotting.

Edit.. In relation to the doors for the bike store, if your 'other half' isn't keen on making them, or is unsure, an alternative could be to look at waterproof roller blinds. I'm not thinking of anything costly and overpriced, just a regular roller blind that may be fitted to the inside of a bathroom window etc. It obviously wouldn't be secure, but it may make life easier if security isn't an issue..

 

I intend to cut back the whole hedge next year. So will defiantly look into that when I do thanks for the advice.

Spent most of last week turn the greenhouse 90 degrees to allow more room to grow vegetables, or fruit. I haven't decided yet. Any suggestions would be great.

 

Haven't updated this thread for a few months now. Not much has happened but have started work again on the garden and thought I would show my current progress.

I decided a few months back to get rid of the gravel around my vegetable patch and replace it with paving slabs. My idea is to soften the voids between the path and the side of the bed with planting. I have an awful lot of comfry and felt this would be an ideal place to grow it as it in effect feeds the garden.

My aim is to spend as little as possible on the slabs and am salvaging as much as I can. So far I have only spent £17 and am about 1/3 of the way there. Some of the slabs came from my other half who was building a hearth in our lounge. He had to cut out a 30x30cm piece out of two slabs to make each slab into an L shape to fit our chimney. Anyway he gave me two 30cm squared slabs that were offcuts and a 60cm squared slab that he bought as a spare. Also bought another 5 various sized bradstone slabs off of eBay for £5 recently.

It does look a bit like a of a jigsaw puzzle but I felt that was the purpose. I'm not really a fan of the sleek look. I've only levelled them on bare soil. As I'm trying to do this as cheaply as possible and make it look as "naturalized" as possible. There's only me who will really use it as a pathway also so the need to build a base seemed a bit much.



Also at the beginning of this year, during that storm, we came home one morning to find part of our wall had blown down, squashing one of my foxgloves.



We got a brickie in for a quote for the repair and also to rebuild the wall that is connect to the house. This is how it currently looks (I drew this out on the computer to scale)



and this is how we want it to look.

 

am loving this thread makes me wish i had more space in mine garden tho !

 

We were out when it happened but when we returned I was more concerned about the pathway being damaged than the plants I'm ashamed to say. Brick path was fine though thankfully.

Thanks to all for the kind words again, the positiveness really keeps me going n weather like this.

 

SOME Back Braking work gone in to that JJ And wot lovely Results Well Done

 

I really like the way that you are sectioning off the garden by using the pathway and fence. That is a really good twist on a garden that I once saw at St Fagans. http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/
Keep up the good work, and whilst the wall coming down isn't a good thing, it has indirectly opened up further scope for ideas. Think positive.

 

Wow. You are amazing JJ. Total in awe of your courage & hard work. Given me a lot to think about.

 

Hi and what a good thread! Full marks to you JJ. I feel as though I need a cuppa now...having just lived the full thing in one go! Look forward to seeing more of your garden over the coming year.

 

Been spending the winter months building this for my greenhouse. Nearly two years on I finally have a decent potting bench.



I found a £200 potting bench online and change some bits and bobs to suit my needs. This is the potting bench I took inspiration from.

http://www.gardentrading.co.uk/store/product_details.vc?productId=1349&categoryId=202

In the end it only cost me £19.70 to build. The top came from a local glazing shop. It was their old counter and gave it to me for free, the stretchers were also attached to the work top when I received it. The slats at the bottom are also made from pallet wood, ripped in half and then sanded down.



My other half built the drawers and they were built from bits of wood that we found dumped in the loft. The legs were left over from when we built the bike shed. So in the end all I bought was the paint, the handles and the apron.

Past the cold days we've been having recently quite well I thought.

More pictures to come!

 

that is just stunning i love it, that is def on my next winter list JJ