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

Afull garden image so far, summer house, dog run, trees out, beds done, check, just plants to go now

 

Wow - vey impressive. You have been busy!! Did you do this all yourselves?? And the view now the conifers have gone is fantastic!! ....oh, to have a flat garden...... :rolleyes:

 

Joy oh joy - do I love to see Laylandii destroyed!
are you going to replace them? looking at the pictures again probably not as you have a great view.

 

Thank you all, its far from finished yet and my hubby arrived back yesterday with a pool to put up, so not so relaxing, yes the view is wonderful and i am so pleased the horrid trees have gone, the morning sun and light now are amazing.

 

what a lovely job you have done
what is the tree you have got with all bird food
in want a tre for garden that does not grow to big like the look of yours.

 

You've worked hard - but you must feel proud of yourselves! Definitely worth a pat on the back!

 

Thank you very much, we are pleased but there are still problems to overcome yet, The tree is an old pear tree mayflower, we were going to have it removed aswell but im so glad i decided not to, it gives the garden a bit of character. It is about to flower and is quite exciting, something doing something at last. Thanks for all the kind words it has inspired me to keep going.

 

We renovated our small garden last year, here's what it used to look like

an now it looks like this


there are small plants in a couple of borders but they have yet to get to any real size

 

Started work on the new picnic table/bench today.

Unfortunately, rain stopped play but at least i know how big it will be now.. about 8ft 8" across!

It should comfortably seat 6 adults and at least 6 children. Here`s a pic of the progress so far.



There will be 3 hexagonal "rings" altogether making up the bench part, only the outermost one is shown in the pic.

The table (6ft across) fits to the top of the uprights supported by another hexagonal frame.

The slatted tabletop will made up of ever smaller hexagonal rings, finishing with a small hexagon at the center, at least that`s the idea.

Could really do with some nice weather.

[ 23. April 2006, 08:51 PM: Message edited by: Hex ]

 

Very nice Hex..that's a perfect design to get maximum bums at the same bench,and easy reach to any drinks..oh,and food of course..
Did you design it or is in kit form?..I rather fancy one of those!

 

Hi Paladin,

It`s a modified version of this one:
http://www.buildeazy.com/hex_table.html

I got some inspiration from this site too:
http://www.fitzski.com/galleries/200504-picnic.table/index.htm

My miter saw can`t handle the 30 degree mitres with 6" wide timber,so i modded the dimensions to use a 3.5" width.
The overall size is about the same, but there are more rails so it will look cosmetically different.
There is some addition diagonal braces from the seating hex frame to the bottom of the legs for extra strength.

I added the center hubs to allow 2.4m lengths of timber to be used with minimal waste, plus it packs down to a more compact size.

You`ll need about 26 lengths of timber in all..about 208ft.

 

Thanks Hex,I have printed the instructions and will pass them onto my pal in our joiners shop.

 

That`s the easiest way to do it

 

So much tidier whirlimix, whats your planting scheme going to be around your seating area?
Hex,I wish my hubby could make things, it looks great, let us all see when its finished.

[ 23. April 2006, 04:59 PM: Message edited by: Happy Hippy ]