Banana Man's July08 Hideout.....

So it's been a while and gardening has become a bit of a secondary hobby of late. I think I did too good a job at the maintenance free philosophy to the point where there is very little to do. The occassional deforestation and thats about it !:rolleyes: I have become an ebay nut and have been upgrading my would be track car with lots of loverly bargains. In fact just yesterday I bought a new front bumper for a staggering £20 ready for cutting and fitting a front mounted intercooler....I digress:D

I really am not kidding I have done nothing of any significance in the garden this year apart from some tomatoes, a couple of hardy ferns and potting up some plants I had from Shiney.

At the moment I am slightly worried about the prospect of new neighbours and what will be the reaction to my plot. Its fairly well behaved as far as boundaries are concerned, but I don't want a serial hack-meister spoiling years of work.

So a few pics, my camera was running out of batteries so I took as many as I couid. I will try and get some better ones at the weekend:thumb:

 

Oh my goodness is that really your garden, it is absolutely stunning and I wished I lived closer to see it in real life.

Jane x

 

Looking good BM, how long has it taken to get the garden like that?

 

Indeed it is...:D

From 2002 I made the serious leap to tropicals but I had been hacking at the garden since 1998:rolleyes::D

 

Amazing
And not a raddish to be seen!
capney

 

Hacked it to this point in August 2002 having put in most of the preliminary screens.







Started like this

 

I am speechless it is so nice and for me to be speechless my hubby would love to see lol

Thanks so much for sharing the pics Bananaman

Jane x

 

The 'after' photos make the garden look a lot bigger as well, great transformation BM

 

Wow, looks really really nice. Mini paradise :D

 

All started with the infill behind us eating up 300 feet of garden with 9 new chavtastic houses:rolleyes: I wanted a cocoon of foliage and different rooms to enjoy. I also tried to stretch the garden working from opposite corners with similar tree colours to aide the stretch. layering up the garden in height and stealing the view of the trees that were left has created a 40x30 foot space that looks bigger

Devastation ! ... profit 1 - wildlife 0 :(

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Amazing BM, Can't believe how small your garden really is, Also I like the garden in 2002. but 2008s garden is Spectacular and now low maintenance, Fab...Dee..
PS I have 2 new fronds coming up on my Treefern!!! How cool is that

 

Some TF's are very late giving out their fronds. I had given up on one of mine and I notice a nice brew coming now

Flowers from Shiney :D:thumb:



Aloe from Pete :thumb:



My attempt at a coffee perch panoramic :o



And a few more....



















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Spectacular as always, Babe. xx

Is that a Catalpa creating the wonderful shade?

Your Eriobotrya japonica looks very healthy. :thumb: They are fruiting here now .... yuk.

Lovely flowers from Shiney ... what are they? And I guess the Aloe from pete is the plant in the very front? .... doesn't look like mine which is starting to bloom.