Looking good there @newprojectgarden, like the design of your lawn.( you might want to invest is some long edge cutters so you can stand up when trimming round the edges....saves a lot of back ache!). You've made a super start in such a short time. Where are you going to put the washing line!?😉😅
Thanks.!
We have a retractable washing line that goes from one side of the garden to the other! The least intrusive option that I could find haha
I have also started some Lupins from seed. They are growing under a flourecent bulb and doing well. I will plant them along the poking out bit of border in spring I think. They are a week and a half old and I have 18 seedlings. Packet said up to 14 days for gemination, they popped out after 2.!
Love growing from seed! My window sill is full! You have a great collection of donated plants there! I hate seeing things go to waste! Really enjoying seeing the progress you have made, your enthusiasm is contagious!
Fence painting is slow hard work.! Silver copse 1 coat. 3x5L tins..I have 4 more.
I'm interested to see how it looks after a 2nd coat.
I think i'll give the 2nd coat to the pannels that have already been painted tomorrow. And then do the remaining pannels next weekend. Unless I have time tomorrow
Fence finally finished...took 2 weekends, 7 tubs of paint and 2 coats, some areas 3 coats..glad it's done now..phew.
I also bought a stone bench 2nd hand for £40. Pretty happy with it. I've attached a photo of the area at the bottom of the garden where the bench is that I've been digging out. I'll probably put some bark chippings down for the floor. I bought the cobble stones 2nd hand but that was all he had, so need to try and find some matching ones as I could do with a few more..
Next weekend i'll re-dig the beds as they are a bit compacted from the fence painting. I'll also mulch with some compost. Should look nice when thats done.
Hello, just been reading your thread, the garden looks really good. I have/had a new build garden and tried to make it look good but it's a bit crap really, I didn't have a clue when I started it and I think it shows! Being an apprentice gardener must have helped. Your neighbour on the right appears to have drawn the short straw in garden width! Question - and I'm sure many people can answer this, but when you have quite a big, deep border, how do you access the plants at the back without crushing the ones in front?? To dead head for example. I'm going to widen my border this year, OK I could leave gaps, but the best borders do not look like they have gaps!
I have placed a couple of half sized paving slabs in among the plants, which get covered with growth, but allow accessibility without crushing things.😁
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Really enjoying seeing the progress you have made, your enthusiasm is contagious!
Question - and I'm sure many people can answer this, but when you have quite a big, deep border, how do you access the plants at the back without crushing the ones in front?? To dead head for example. I'm going to widen my border this year, OK I could leave gaps, but the best borders do not look like they have gaps!