Off to a flying start

Hi all,
Sorry I havn't been back here for some time, I have been very busy at work and in the garden. I have also had a few problems with IE and it has thrown me out of this site on numerous occasions. My techie friend has sorted that out now and he says that I should have no more problems.
Do you remember the situation with the Local Council and the fence at the front garden?
I have now conceded the point and re-sited the fence to give them back 48square meters of ground.
New position of fence.


The fence used to follow the line of the pavement but they became increasingly adamant that it be moved so the OH and me discussed the situation one night and decided, rather than get ulcers with the stress , we would concede the point and one weekend about 4 weeks ago I bit the bullet and moved the darn thing. They asked me to sign a letter to the Land Register with a detailed map giving up any claim to the land. The remaining area will be mine ( officially ) after another 7 years but who can wait that length of time to start creating a decent garden?
Over the last 4 weeks I have been busy digging out field stones and boulder clay to two spit depths and as you can see, it has been hard work.
New borders




I planted up my Sorbus before the next border.

Then I dug out a 10" wide area along the fence to give me a space between my borders and the fence to stop the grass from encroaching into the borders.


I filled this (moat) with whin chips for ease of weeding.
Next Border








Next was the top border which is only temporary as I will be putting in a water feature here next year.


Next was the bottom half of the front area on the other side of the path. This is just the beginning and will be the project for the coming weeks. I aquired this lovely piece from the scrapyard and stripped the 5 coats of green marine paint off and polished it up before fixing it to the Iroko post and concreting it into position. It will be incorporated into a border soon and will not be standing out so obviously.



The next object d'art to be placed is this churn for making butter. I bought it at the local auction room and spent a couple of days renovating it.

Any critical suggestions will be gracefully recieved and considered. I made a gate at the weekend for the front path/fence.
Outside.

Inside.

Local council has stipulated no higher than 1 meter. I don't think they can dictate what hight structures inside the boundary can be, so I will make a walk through pergola just inside the gate and have a couple of climbing roses and clematis going up and over it.
( watch this space) By the way. Please ignore the date and time stamps on the pics, my OH had a loan of the camera and somehow managed to scramble the date and time. I can't find the instruction book to ammend the situation and it is driving me crazy. It's a Casio Exilim and if anyone can tell me how please let me know.
Thanks for looking
G.Man

 

Welcome back G.Man. I don't remember the situation you had, but it looks like you've made some progress there - the new beds look great and I love that propeller. A great talking point for the garden.

 

Wow....those look great, and what a space you have too.

Welcome back.

 

I like the way you have bent the fence round to make a curve. :thumb:

 

Thats a lot of work Gman but looks like you will have a garden to be proud of:gnthb:
robert

 

Thanks Arron, the prop weighs about 2 cwt and I am hoping nobody decides to steal it. I was wondering about a cctv mini camera.
G.Man

 

Yes Penny but I still feel bad about losing the other 48 sq mtrs not to mention the work moving the fence.
G.Man

 

Hi Will,
That's the way it was marked out on the council plan, but it does look better than straight lines.
G.Man

 

Hi John,
Most of the plants were brought on in the back garden. Imagine how overcrowded everything was and still is with the plants I still have for the remaining borders.
Pity I had to bury the boat eh?

 

Thanks Robert, I lioke the seat you re-juvenated.
G.Man

 

was the land you lost yours?

 

Lovely photo's and amazing how much you have done in just 4 weeks !!!!

If you ever got bored, I have plenty of work here I could find for you lol

 

You have every reason to be proud of your acheivement-it looks picture perfect.

 

It was on my title deeds when I bought the house 3 years ago, unfortunatel the bit I lost was not indemnified by the land register because it was in a different colour of ink. The last owner but one was supposed to fence off the land but neglected to do so. The land then reverted back to the previous owners who happened to be the local authority.
G.Man