We've been here a year!!

It�s exactly a year since we moved to Falkirk - so here�s how things have changed in the garden in that time�. With a LOT of hard work�.

The front area - a nightmare because of rabbits. We tried to use only ââ?¬Å?rabbit resistantââ?¬Â plants - but the rabbits ate them. So we decided to dig deep and get the fencesââ?¬Â¦Ã¢â?¬Â¦ Itââ?¬â?¢s not finished - nothing is, but weââ?¬â?¢ve only been here a year!! Iââ?¬â?¢m no miracle worker!!

Before


Work in progress


And now

 

Then there�s down the left side of the house - an absolute nightmare of builders� rubble, and d*** all soil�..

The early stages after planning


And now, from the same point of view


And from the side of the side (??)

 

then there�s the back garden

Before


And


(for some reason, although it says it has rotated, it doesn�t seem to have done it, so apologies if you have to turn your head round a bit�)

And

 

Work in progress




And further in progress�




And part of it now - the cottage garden�

 

you don't REALLY want to see more, do you????

Well there's the driveway... and the side of the garage.....

 

An utterly amazing transformation Dendi! I don't know how you managed to make the time to do it and fit work in too.
Bet the neighbours feel rather in the shade!

Let's see the rest of the pics then.

 

Ok - the side - where the drive goes down to the garage, and the path down the side of it to the cottage garden�.

Remember this was how it was early on�


And then in May




I�ll spare you even more recent stuff, where we put pots in�.

I�m shattered just posting this lot, and I can well remember how it felt doing it all!

There�s a lot more, but I�ll spare you that!! :D

 

Thanks for that Dave!! :D

Well, we have goaded the other gardeners at number 1 (Plant with a pickaxe....) into getting on faster with theirs - so we have a competition going! :D

 

We have been with you all the way Dendy..

 

Ta, Roders! Didn't see an army with spades, tho' :D

 

Gob-smacked.

I'm now going off for some and shall cry in a darkened room while I try to forget the weeds, worn and bumpy drive, rotting annex to the shed, water penetration in the garage and massive patch of daisies in one of the lawns.
But then maybe I'll have a different perspective this time next week when I'm bathing my tootsies in the Ionian sea :D

 

You didn't ask! :D

 

Would it have made a difference?


And Dave - the retsina is bound to help!!

 

"Some. But not a lot." :D

 

Gob smacked is the word. All that in a year - that is truly magnifiscent. Well done. You must purr every time you look out of the window, or go out the door.