nFrost Garden Journal

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xx Ma xx

 

A lot of the garden's near me all dip in the middle (some worse than others) so I think it will just run back into the middle again. I did have a thought of pumping it into the drains on the street so that it is carried away. Not sure that's entirely legal however (pretty sure it's not!).

Thanks for the info Sheal, I think we'll do the same. re the move it, loosen bolts, square it, tighten it. How much was the horticultural glass? Nice garden by the way! Lawn envy.

 

Also, put the reclaimed bricks in for the paths for the kitchen garden round the back. The soil is surprisingly good, quite hard dry lumps at first but now it's dark crumbly and moist. It previously had a shed and buddliea there so not sure why it's that good?!

 

It's toughened glass not horticultural nFrost. Sorry, I can't remember the price now, it's eight years since the greenhouse went up.

The lawn doesn't look like that this year, it's been neglected.

 

If you have a storm drain then it should be fine, if only a sewerage drain then not so fine - I believe that old pipework for rain water does go into the sewerage drains, but is not allowed for anything "new" . Do you know if your roof downpipes connect to main drains? I suppose they might go to a soakaway, but if they are mains-drains I would pump into them - a 4-inch firemans' hose into the middle of the road is a bit of a giveaway!

 

@nFrost ...Regarding GH glass...I get mine from 'Jacks Glass' , Prince's Rd Can't remember the prices but really reasonable...

 

With the waterlogged garden and bad winds the Willow tree fell over yesterday and was resting on the fence, had to cut it down.



Sigh! The garden is full of half done jobs.

 

Given that it was a "thicket" before it will sprout back again (if you allow it to)

 

It's a shame you've lost the willow nFrost, but perhaps it will give you the opportunity to get some drainage in the garden.

'Sigh! The garden is full of half done jobs'........nFrost, I know it's frustrating but you need to give yourself more time. You haven't been in the house very long and you can't do everything at once. As we tell new members, work on one part of the garden at a time as it won't seem so daunting, while you're doing that ideas will come to mind on how you want things to develop around it.

It would be a good idea to get your greenhouse up and running first for any plants that may need overwintering, cuttings etc., or get some seeds under way for next year.

 

I've been off work this last week so done a fair bit in the garden. Some good, some bad and some ugly. Pictures soon I promise.

 

Let's start with the dutch light greenhouse first:



Still some gravel to go in:



I've bordered it to pack the soil in, had enough to do all round and the shed, quite pleased with it: