I was using the term "grass" quite loosely. Its mostly moss, but at least its green
I can't take credit for the pond Wintersong as it was already there but it was so neglected -and the bank beside it -that within a year or so it would have needed totally taken out and that would have been a monumental task. In the short time i was there it was a case of tidying and renovating more than anything. I'd like to think the new owners will at least have something better to do their own thing with.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Winter Song, your garden looks great, i love the lavander path. I've tried doing similar but my soil is heavy clay and my lavenders don't like it. Your garden has lots interest and looks great. How do you get on with cutting your grass along the wooden edging border, do you have to finish it by hand?
I just use a regular strimmer that doesn't damage the planting because its a natural barrier. I plan to replace the curving brick edging on the shady side in the autumn probably, so its all the same look and use the bricks for paved areas.
I prefer angled borders personally as they formalize the spaces and the plants that do tumble over look less messy in my opinion. I'm a bit of a control freak, just got to let the new planting mature a bit more, everything beyond the gravel area was weeds just a few years back.
Will have a go at posting before and after; had to re-photograph old pics from traditional photos, couldn't upload them to here from scanner input (no I don't understand what I'm saying either)
Wow, I managed it, but any text I put in kept appearing in the wrong place. The top 2 pics are 2001, the garden was rough uncultivated field at the far end, this is now the bit that is accessed by steps in pic 4. Quite a lot of earth moving had to be done; the mean man wouldn't let me use his digging machine The porch, Studio and G/H are additions.
Posts
I can't take credit for the pond Wintersong as it was already there but it was so neglected -and the bank beside it -that within a year or so it would have needed totally taken out and that would have been a monumental task. In the short time i was there it was a case of tidying and renovating more than anything. I'd like to think the new owners will at least have something better to do their own thing with.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
FG, that seat by the pond is fab.
Winter Song, your garden looks great, i love the lavander path. I've tried doing similar but my soil is heavy clay and my lavenders don't like it. Your garden has lots interest and looks great. How do you get on with cutting your grass along the wooden edging border, do you have to finish it by hand?
Thanks
I just use a regular strimmer that doesn't damage the planting because its a natural barrier. I plan to replace the curving brick edging on the shady side in the autumn probably, so its all the same look and use the bricks for paved areas.
I prefer angled borders personally as they formalize the spaces and the plants that do tumble over look less messy in my opinion. I'm a bit of a control freak, just got to let the new planting mature a bit more, everything beyond the gravel area was weeds just a few years back.
..control freak... I know the feeling...
some lovely plants, nice gardens...
it does your back in this gardening lark... apart from that... it's all ok...
Will have a go at posting before and after; had to re-photograph old pics from traditional photos, couldn't upload them to here from scanner input (no I don't understand what I'm saying either)
Then
Then
Now
Wow, I managed it, but any text I put in kept appearing in the wrong place. The top 2 pics are 2001, the garden was rough uncultivated field at the far end, this is now the bit that is accessed by steps in pic 4. Quite a lot of earth moving had to be done; the mean man wouldn't let me use his digging machine
The porch, Studio and G/H are additions.
...fantastic... you wouldn't know it's the same place...
What a difference, that's beautiful artjak
In the sticks near Peterborough