Phase 1 Complete!!!!!

Following from my first post ( Link ) I have finished phase 1 bar a couple of bits of pointing and some planting.

Horrayyyyy!!!



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Wow! :eek: You have worked seriously hard Rob!
Those steps are FANTASTIC!

 

So, the next step is to get the huge piles of stone that are sorted in the bays onto the boundary wall and finish that off and also finish off the small retaining wall around the holly tree.

The holly tree wall is this weekends task, and then put a couple of courses on the boundary wall, weather permitting.

Rob

 

Good grief you have worked hard, and it shows. Well done, love that raised lawn and steps - but how wide is the boundary bed, and whats planted there?. It looks great Robert - I look forward to seeing the next installment.

 

The boundary bed is approximately 30m long by about 1m in most places, but gets bigger by the philadephus.

We currently have some clematis, Buddlea, Honeysuckle, Japonica and a chocolate vine. There is lots more planting to do in the bed as we only have wall covering (mostly) at the moment.

The small bed by the steps has Fiejoa (acca) and Abelia.

The next installment will be a while as phase 2 and phase 3 are somewhat linked with a 4m circular formal pond.

All the best

Rob

 

I presume a before and after set of pics of you will show a weight loss of at least 3 stone? :rolleyes:

What a lot of hard work, Robert! Congratulations on what you've achieved!

 

Funny you should say that. :D :D

 

Well done Rob............Too much hard work for me but it looks great. Do you use the lovely local stone?

Be aware that the Buddlea, Honeysuckle and etc. can grow large and fast needing strong pruning from time to time - am now retricting myself to the smaller slower growing varieties.

Good luck with the pond..........

 

Chobart

Yes, we had some rather large specimens in our old garden. Had to hack them back every couple of years, really hard.

The stone comes from a quarry about 5 miles from the house. It is the original seam that the house was built out of, they re-opened the quarry and seam about 18 months ago.

The only problem is it costs a fortune, �£58 a sqare meter plus VAT. The top bit was 35 sqm, and the boundary wall and pond/steps/wall is another 200sqm. Need a second mortgage for the stone alone.

Then I need to cap it with something suitable. Best quote I have had for cropped coping is �£90 a linear meter. Will have to wait for a long time to be able to afford it. May be tempted to just go and get the stone myself and start cropping it by hand to save a bit of cash.

Rob

 

Question, Robert ... are YOU doing all this manual labour? If so, WELL DONE! what a change from the original photos! If not, still an incredible change ... absolutely LOVE the lighting on the steps ... keep the photos coming!

You should be doing Robert's Garden or whatever in Members Gallery so you've got a continuous record. Several of us have our "sites" there .. ask Webmaster to move it for you .. just a suggestion!

 

Lady of leisure.

Yes, all my own work. My hands bear the testimony to the hard graft.

My wife took this photo out of the window and emailed it to me with the title "dedication". :D



This was earlier this year when we had a day or two of snow.

All the best

Rob

 

Looks fantastic Rob, love the materials you have used. So is that the swimming pool you are standing in ? :D

 

Just about swimming pool size, I'd guess. Well done, Rob! Do think about putting your own place up for on-going works!