Nursewhen Digs It Up

looking at the picture it looks like you have just grown a cat :lollol:

 

On a serious note tho, your doing a fantastic job and your enthusiasm is second to none. you should have an opening ceromony with all the G.C invited :thumb:

 

I could have sworn that I'd posted in this thread when I first joined :dh:

You've done a sterling job with the front and the patchwork lawn doesn't look too bad either :thumb:

I can't wait to see it when you start planting, it's going to be fantastic!

 

*Nursewhen wonders if there are awards for tenaciousness as her quarrying enters its third year *

OK, so now it's all been dug, it's time to get some topsoil!




5 bulk bags of mixed loam and organic matter, yum :gnthb:






I got to work and then there were only 4



Then my fence and gate fell down, so there was a hiatus while I got them replaced



Then there were 3


I must have done one in my sleep! Now there's 1

I had dug the far circle manually and I though it was a shame that the other two circles had lovely top soil while the far one still had the original top soil. So I decided I'd dig over the far circle again and remove some sub soil and put in the final bag of top soil. Hooray! the far circle has already been dug over once so it'll be easy.

6 bricks and two flagstones later and I'm wondering where the hell does all this stuff come from? So I leave you now with only 1 half of a circle to re-dig and fill with topsoil.

P.S all the cats in the neighbourhood love the new giant litter box and are coming for miles to enjoy it

 

In Its Third Year NW! I Bet your Fed UP the end is near and its nearly time to plant, have you plans or do you still need to go plant shopping, or are you just going to wait untill next year:D Only Kiddin... Youv'e worked really hard NW and i hope you dont find any more bricks in your border,

 

Hi there youngdaisydee! Good to see you again.

I don't know if I'll get much planting done this year. I want to put a stone edge along the lawn and the box hedge will probably have to wait until October as I think they sell the bushes bare rooted.

My back garden has completely grassed over as I forgot to mulch it last year, so I need to give that some attention now. Oh it never ends!

 

Thanks JWK, that's a great idea, I'll put some seeds down (then the postman might stop taking a short cut across it)

 

Well done NW you must have the patience of a saint but you're doing a fab job keep it up

 

Well at last, after 3 years of quarrying, I've reached the point where I'm actually planting plants! :yho:

first of all, I put a nice border on the the lawn. Just a plastic lawn edger, then a single layer of blocks. I bought carpet stone from B&Q (blocks of stone attached by a web of plastic) and cut it into strips so I could do the border quickly and easily. We'll see if in six months it looks lke a pile or rotten teeth, but for now it looks nice.



Next I planted up my middle, summer bed with Crocosmia - Emily McKenzie, Rudbeckia - Goldsturm, Gaura - Passionate Blush and Perovskia - Little Spire.



Today I added two Cupressus - Stricta and planted two late summer/autum perennials, Anemone - Queen Charlotte and Crocosmia - Gorge Davison in the spring/autumn bed.

I've also put 4 little Chamaecyparis - Ellwooods's Conifer in a square round both of the Strictas. the idea being that when the prerennials die back in the winter, I'll be left with the formal shapes of the conifers. I also planted loads of tulip bulbs in both circles.





I don't intend to do much else until the autumn when I'll be adding the box hedge.

P.S. My cats are very unhappy that I've put plants in their toilet. k-l

 

That's looking really attractive Nursewhen. I do like the edgings The planting up is the best bit!

 

Thanks Jazmine. It does feel good to finally have a garden after all those years of rubble. Still a long way to go though

 

Thats looking fab NW and I'm sure the cats'll find a new toilet lol