With the new baby things have been very busy here and especially so for my lovely husband who has spent a few weekends working on a rather neglected part of the garden, i say neglected it used to be one of our vegetable plots but the area was such a hot zone the only thing the thrive there was tomatoes which tasted fantastic due to all the sunshine they sucked up.
the first picture shows that the area was a kinda mix between some crazy paving from the last residence who owned the house and so weird shaped veg beds we fitted in around the crazy paving. Of course the first thing to do is clear the area and Mr muscle got to it.
One of the bed was used for herbs they also did rather well but the bed got crammed and did not fit in with our plans for the new area so i yanked them all out and made a potted herb area instead all survived nicely PHEW!!
After all the clearing the fence panels were painted and we got in 5 tuns of stones and racked these all over the newly flattened zone to make and area to sit and enjoy the sun as well as make a beach area for Sophie we moved up her big sand pit and most of the summer had the paddling pool out to pretend it was the sea. All around the edges we have lots of pretty potted flowers, i really love this new zone its so versatile and easy to manage and very little weeds to fight with as well so that is a bonus.
Wowzers you guys have been super busy! Loving the new area, I'm sure it's far more useful for you all too. Seems like a wonderful place to just...well you know sit! I be you'll get much more out of it now :)
ReplyDeleteyes its like a tropical place up there almost like going on holiday at the top of the garden
DeleteYour garden is looking fab. I want one of those pools!!
ReplyDeleteIts finally died now :( i think we got it in Argos
Deleteawesome!!! looks great! i'm sure it was such hard work but so worth it. congrats on the new baby also.
ReplyDeleteThank you :)
DeleteHi just found your lovely blog. Looks like a lot of hard work went into your new garden looks fabulous, I had a pool like that for my son, till i popped it on the rose bush.
ReplyDeleteoh poor you popped pool !!! ours is on stones so i had to put lots of things underneath so it wouldnt pop to. Thank you for your discovery and kind words :) x
DeleteExcellent work! When he's finished - send him over this way would you - there's a whole heap of things need doing here!
ReplyDeleteyou cant have hi till im done lol
DeleteBlimey he's been a busy bunny! What a transformation and how nice to be able to sit at admire the garden with a cuppa and new baby in hand!
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining in my dear - hope the Summer hols are being kind to you! x
cuppa wine goes down rather nicely in this area ;)
DeleteThe herbs look fantastic! I bet it was a relief to see them survive and obviously survived well without much wilt or leaf loss.
ReplyDeletethey are thriving i was worried i might loose them but all is good infact i would say they look better
DeleteHe has been busy! Looks fab! :) x
DeleteOh it's beautiful Helen, it really looks fabulous. I bet you'll spend many a nice afternoon out there enjoying the smell of the herbs x
ReplyDeletemore like enjoying the smell of a good BBQ :D
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