What Projects have you done/are you doing ????

We've got a new project we'll have to put to top of the agenda!! While trying out his new birthday present of a post hole auger - to improve the drainage in the so-called lawn - Mr Dendy found we have a well at the bottom of the garden! Oops! So now we have to deal with it!! All you folks down south with your hosepipe bans - don't you wish you lived up here!! When we work out what the project is, and get on with it, I'll post - but don't hold your breath! Thinking of marketing the water, a la Fools and horses!!

 

Job done!...Now all I have to do is clean the stone dust away :eek: :D
And ask for planting ideas folks...

 

I would make that a little alpine garden, looks just the right size!

 

Looks like a trip down the road to Toddington GC then!

 

Thats really good Paladin, I could do with something like that for a bird bath.
Do you do them in granite? :D :D

 

I could do you one in concrete and save using explosives :D

 

You're obviously a handy bloke to have around, Pal - but explosives? :eek: Looks terrific, though, and I agree, alpines would look great in it. Can't you find someone who wants rid of some??

 

Sorry him outdoors,(like the name BTW ) you seem to have got missed out!

We would need a lot more info. to answer this one.

To start with do you prefer containers and maybe don't want to dig up the garden?

Whatever you do it should be in keeping with the rest of the garden, which we know nothing about?

What plants have you got already, what plants do you want to grow, is this area in the shade, what type of soil do you have, do you have other plans for the adjacent areas, is it very exposed?

That will do for now, so if you could give us at least some of this info it would help!

 

Just dug up my herb bed and planted rose bed instead - oh long story about twitch and mint.

 

Does anyone have ideas about how I could apply a stone look-alike coating to polystyrene?
I've a big polystyrene fish box that would be just great for growing herbs in.

 

Wrap it with fine wire mesh for strength,in and out, and render it with a strong cement mix...4sharp sand..1cement.Then get your "local stone dust" from a merchant and mix with cement,2 dust..1 cement and apply as a finish dressing.
Always best to ask a local builder what they use for pointing and they will give you the info for your own natural finished look.
I expect your stone is more granite than the softer stuff we have down here.

 

Many thanks Paladin!

Local building stone tends to be either sandstone or hard grey volcanic stuff. That is apart from brick from the local brickworks (an ancient local industry) and the houses in the village that are built with clay walls.

 

Hi Dag,The gardens very small, about 15 x 18 feet,currently all under slabs apart from a small bed.Its on two levels with a small step about 18 inches high.There are virtually no plants in it, and i've just moved in so its a blank canvas.Ive got some stuff at an old neighbours,bleeding hearts, hostas,dogwood,rhodis,astilbes,(i got the plants, she got the kids),not sure of the soil type yet,i've not moved far from the last house so i expect it to be about ph6 and quite light.The site is south facing,but it also seems a bit of a wind tunnel. I like the idea of containers because of the flexiblity of moving things around, but am concerned about frost damage.I HATE losing plantsand am heartbroken baout what i had to leave behind,like actinadia kol????, beautiful quince, pink pampas that finally flowered on the day the removers came...