Getting into a Maintenance Frame of Mind
After “The Great Planting” of the final border recently, I’ve been taking the foot off the pedal (just a little) and doing some tidy-up jobs – the type that you […]
Filling Paths and Planting Plants
Another week of mostly dry weather (there were some exceptions) has meant another week of somewhat intensive gardening – racing to get everything done before the season draws to a […]
Accessorising the Final Border, Jazzing-up Corners and Skirting the Pergola Edge
It’s been another week and the weather has remained dry, if not sunny. That means I’ve been able to have an increasingly tiring, unbroken run of days out in the […]
Coming to the End of the Line
There’s been yet another week or two of dry, sometimes fine, sometimes hot, weather. It’s allowed me to spend almost every day digging away at the final border in the […]
The Advance of Progress
It’s been a few weeks and surprise, surprise, it’s yet another post on the final border in the garden; it’s just so large that one blog post cannot possibly convey […]
Continuing Work on the Final Border
It’s been another week-and-a-bit and the only thing there is to report is that work continues on the final border in the garden. The weather has become a little more […]
Back to the Border
The temperature dial has really turned up this last week. The seemingly ever-ending dull skies, rain showers and general mediocre weather has been replaced with days of strong, hot sunshine […]
Finding a New Level
One of the major blockers to being able to open the garden for the National Garden Scheme has just been cleared. We have finally re-levelled the patio. Note that re-levelling […]
That Laid-Back Feeling
Like posts on this blog recently, I’ve been a little absent in the garden. There’s been some nice weather in which we did finally manage to make a start on […]
Sitting Out the Rain
It’s been a few weeks and the wind keeps blowing, the rain keeps falling and I keep swearing for it to clear up, warm up and dry out so I […]