This looks like an exciting project VS,we have always had some kind of water feature,it makes a garden so much more interesting.I love the idea of a beach and lagoon,all the little creatures will enjoy that,but you'll still have the depth for koi. Feeling quite envious as only just started on a very neglected garden,that was overhung by 11 or more Leylandii.............which are now being recycled!
Keep the pics coming on your progress.??
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Ah, that's alot of planting Learnin...still, it'll be a smart little orchard come summer
Carole, I've only had this garden for 5 1/2 years but I've meddled with every bit of it, yours will take shape in no time
I've over-faced myself with massive projects this year but want to have it all done by the time the daffs are out so they don't have anything ugly to look at.
Should put in a word for my brilliant fork by Faithfull, don't know how much clay it's shifted in the garden and at the allotment but it's the best tool I've ever bought.
I've named it Clay-Breaker because apparently every good fork has a name
After looking back over everybody's efforts today I feel ashamed All I did today was have a look around the garden then back indoors and sorted out my seeds.
I obviously need to try harder, sounds just like my old school reports
Don't feel ashamed Solentman - there are days when a walk around the gardening and taking stock of the layout is all that is needed to spur you on to make plans, picture where plants should be moved to and recharge your batteries ready for the next garden project however big or small it is.
We transplanted another acer into one of the new large terracotta pots. It took two of us with one and half bags of ericacous mix, a bag of gravel, a black sack of leaves and some polystyrene - oh and a few handfuls of pine needles. I hope the acer likes it's new home - it wasn't a five minute job to move it. There were a few "words" between us.
Well I think the unusually mild weather is leaving us.
I have been busy. I started excavating our finished compost bin. I don't know what went wrong with it last year I think it got far too dry. It did not help that some bees decided to nest inside it and we could not use it. It will need some TLC, water and a stir to get it going again.
I spread lots of the compost on top of the front garden bed. Hubby emptied as much of the wooden bin as he could before going out. We now have one old dustbin of compost ready to go on the garden as required. Three more dustbin compost storage bins left to be filled from last years stash.
Then I tackled replacing the garden arch which holds up my Graham Thomas Roses. The ancient cheap metal arch had finally died and will be replaced by my Christmas present. I spent a long time unpicking the stems and cutting the garden twine from that but did not have time to get it out. It will probably put it back a bit for flowering this year but I had no option.
I had to take a deep breath and cut down part of a lovely climbing rose called "Jasmina", an unknown reddish clematis and untangle a trachelospermun asiatica from the remains of a large trellis panel which blew down last week. I also had to butcher a clematis alpine on the other side of the arch so the new trellis will all be the same. I'm hoping they will all regrow, given time so fingers crossed for our garden opening in June!
I’ve done the hedge part, just got the back rose bed to do. Other than painting the fence and shed I‘ve only got fun normal things like sowing seeds and planting from now on. Huzzah.
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This looks like an exciting project VS,we have always had some kind of water feature,it makes a garden so much more interesting.I love the idea of a beach and lagoon,all the little creatures will enjoy that,but you'll still have the depth for koi. Feeling quite envious as only just started on a very neglected garden,that was overhung by 11 or more Leylandii.............which are now being recycled!
Keep the pics coming on your progress.??
Ah, that's alot of planting Learnin...still, it'll be a smart little orchard come summer
Carole, I've only had this garden for 5 1/2 years but I've meddled with every bit of it, yours will take shape in no time
I've over-faced myself with massive projects this year but want to have it all done by the time the daffs are out so they don't have anything ugly to look at.
Should put in a word for my brilliant fork by Faithfull, don't know how much clay it's shifted in the garden and at the allotment but it's the best tool I've ever bought.
I've named it Clay-Breaker because apparently every good fork has a name
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After looking back over everybody's efforts today I feel ashamed
All I did today was have a look around the garden then back indoors and sorted out my seeds.
I obviously need to try harder, sounds just like my old school reports
Last edited: 28 January 2018 16:48:14
Don't feel ashamed Solentman - there are days when a walk around the gardening and taking stock of the layout is all that is needed to spur you on to make plans, picture where plants should be moved to and recharge your batteries ready for the next garden project however big or small it is.
We transplanted another acer into one of the new large terracotta pots. It took two of us with one and half bags of ericacous mix, a bag of gravel, a black sack of leaves and some polystyrene - oh and a few handfuls of pine needles. I hope the acer likes it's new home - it wasn't a five minute job to move it. There were a few "words" between us.
Next January I fully intend to be simply walking round the garden checking on stuff and not digging into clay and hitting bricks lol.
Well I think the unusually mild weather is leaving us.
I have been busy. I started excavating our finished compost bin. I don't know what went wrong with it last year I think it got far too dry. It did not help that some bees decided to nest inside it and we could not use it. It will need some TLC, water and a stir to get it going again.
I spread lots of the compost on top of the front garden bed. Hubby emptied as much of the wooden bin as he could before going out. We now have one old dustbin of compost ready to go on the garden as required. Three more dustbin compost storage bins left to be filled from last years stash.
Then I tackled replacing the garden arch which holds up my Graham Thomas Roses. The ancient cheap metal arch had finally died and will be replaced by my Christmas present. I spent a long time unpicking the stems and cutting the garden twine from that but did not have time to get it out. It will probably put it back a bit for flowering this year but I had no option.
I will do what I can tomorrow weather permitting.
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I had to take a deep breath and cut down part of a lovely climbing rose called "Jasmina", an unknown reddish clematis and untangle a trachelospermun asiatica from the remains of a large trellis panel which blew down last week. I also had to butcher a clematis alpine on the other side of the arch so the new trellis will all be the same. I'm hoping they will all regrow, given time so fingers crossed for our garden opening in June!
Compost
I’ve done the hedge part, just got the back rose bed to do. Other than painting the fence and shed I‘ve only got fun normal things like sowing seeds and planting from now on. Huzzah.
In the last 9 months I have:
Installed a shed
created and planted 9 beds
put in 3 hedges
rebuilt two dry stone walls
put in a gravel path
planted 10 fruit trees
Planted 200+ bulbs
planted 6 huge pots
installed a 6x8 foot raised veg bed.
Phew.
Well in, Learnincurve
I like your workhorse ethic?