I have been looking through some old photos and came across one of our back garden about 20 years ago. Do you have any before and afters? I would love to see them
Oh lilylouise what a transformation, I hope that in 20 years time my garden will look like yours, currently it looks so wet. I will have to wait a bit to share a nice photo.
Yes, its a wonderfully designed and planted space!
I used to have before photos of when we first moved in 17yrs ago, when it was all lawn and nothing else! But for the life of me I can't find the old photos these days, I think I lost them after showing friends and visitors way too many times what it used to look like
I do still take before and after project pictures but nothing with as dramatic transformation as Lilylouise. Perhaps, in a few years time the hard work I'm doing in the less mature spaces will show up.
Here's a shot of the youngest border in 2010 and 2011. Just one years difference!
Can't wait to see improvements this year since I did so much work last autumn/this spring.
Even with the rain, I really can't handle being indoors. So today has been spent splitting firewood, clearing the council storm drain in the verge outside the house. That jobs really narks me, as I shouldn't have to do it, but do. I then managed to sneak off to a local garden centre and came back with a rhododendron and azaleodendron. After planting these, I forked over a couple more boarders, collected a load of pine cones for another sculpture, then last of all spent half hour or so pushing yet more sticks into the bee hive log stack.
Lovely photos--I really enjoy the before and after shots.
Eddie you are making me tired--but it sounds like a productive day!
Here it is about 10:30 am- grey and not promising. Not cold, so I have moved my tomatoes outside-except for the ones I will grow on in the greenhouse.My geraniums are on the deck as well. The tomato enclosure only needs gate hooks now-two sides have removable panels-it's a 4x8 bed in which I grow things in pots. I tried filling it with soil in the past, but it is surrounded by trees and the roots invade no matter what. So we'll see how this goes.Bread is made and housework done. Time for a good book.
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We have sunshine ,too
I have been looking through some old photos and came across one of our back garden about 20 years ago. Do you have any before and afters? I would love to see them
Before
After
Oh lilylouise what a transformation, I hope that in 20 years time my garden will look like yours, currently it looks so wet. I will have to wait a bit to share a nice photo.
Wow! You have turned it into a paradise.
Yes, its a wonderfully designed and planted space!
I used to have before photos of when we first moved in 17yrs ago, when it was all lawn and nothing else! But for the life of me I can't find the old photos these days, I think I lost them after showing friends and visitors way too many times what it used to look like
I do still take before and after project pictures but nothing with as dramatic transformation as Lilylouise. Perhaps, in a few years time the hard work I'm doing in the less mature spaces will show up.
Here's a shot of the youngest border in 2010 and 2011. Just one years difference!
More lovely photos to look at.
Even with the rain, I really can't handle being indoors. So today has been spent splitting firewood, clearing the council storm drain in the verge outside the house. That jobs really narks me, as I shouldn't have to do it, but do. I then managed to sneak off to a local garden centre and came back with a rhododendron and azaleodendron. After planting these, I forked over a couple more boarders, collected a load of pine cones for another sculpture, then last of all spent half hour or so pushing yet more sticks into the bee hive log stack.
Sadly time just goes way too quickly.
Lovely photos--I really enjoy the before and after shots.
Eddie you are making me tired--but it sounds like a productive day!
Here it is about 10:30 am- grey and not promising. Not cold, so I have moved my tomatoes outside-except for the ones I will grow on in the greenhouse.My geraniums are on the deck as well. The tomato enclosure only needs gate hooks now-two sides have removable panels-it's a 4x8 bed in which I grow things in pots. I tried filling it with soil in the past, but it is surrounded by trees and the roots invade no matter what. So we'll see how this goes.Bread is made and housework done. Time for a good book.
I have managed a half hour paddling around my garden, so nice to be outside. The list of jobs is getting longer though.
I find that I am my own worse enemy for that. I finish one and add three more that didn't even exist.
On the before and after theme.
This was the front garden at end of 2008. Black arrow points to overgrown steps.
And today, with the same steps just about in view on left.
Eddie seriously? that is some renovation.