Garden at new house

Hi,
This is what the garden looked like when we moved in.


Last year after a lot of hard work.


I shall post some more up to date photos soon.

 

Welcome to Gardeners Corner Dave. That garden's smiling again and holding its head up with pride. Well done and please keep us in the "progress" picture. We all love piccies,

 

Welcome Dave. Already good progress on the garden.

 

Thanks for the replies. Unfortunately we have a bindweed infestation at the moment not sure where it came from. I have read Glyphosate weedkiller will get rid of it.

 

Well done. I do love before/after piccies!

 

I'd check whether either of the neighbours has bindweed too. Joint action is called for!

 

Hi Marley Farley,
Thanks for the advice.I was going to use plastic milk cartons suspended by their handles on canes and dip the bindweed into it.Luckily we don't have any plants near the bindweed.

Hi westwales I think it may have come from next door but she is moving so I won't bother her she has enough to do getting the property ready for sale.

 

Great job.....well done.

 

I have read:

Grow bindweed up cane

Untangle and stuff the (still attached) foliage into a jam jar (or similar)

Fill jam far with Glyphosate mixture

Wait until leaves have "drunk all you can eat" and taken it down to the whole root system.

Carefully remove jam jar or move it to next area to be attacked.

 

The wifes Victorian style planter

New wall planters


The front garden was almost as bad as the back it's starting to look a lot better with the new retaining wall and path.
Hopefully the baccara black roses,spirea snow mound,syringa microphylla superba dwarf and ground cover perennials we have planted will give the garden some nice colour.
Shame we have had such a poor summer we need some sun.

 

Looking good. Best of luck with the bindweed.

 

Some pics of the front garden.Bit of a mix and match with the pots but we have to work with what we have got. The slate with the decking (to be removed) is going to be a rockery with over 60 stones to go in and around as edging. Trouble is I cannot lift them lol.



Hanging baskets at the back of the house.