Dig, dig, gravel, gravel, greenhouse!

Ignore the fence. I have had enough with this trough, nothing seems to survive in it, it is so dry. I think the wood draws a lot of moisture out of the soil.

So time for a change. I have tried with the lavender for 3 years now it looks a mess. So the contents are coming out.

I have dug out all of the soil from half of the bed and filled one of my metal trough with it. Yes I need the soil but not sure I want it where it currently is, so this may be emptied and moved.

I am currently on a strict budget, so have very little garden money for what I want to do. But 'where there is a will, there is a way'.
For what I have planned, I need gravel, lots of gravel and as you know I have no rear access so can't afford a bulk bag or have access for wheeling it through.

So whilst at Wickes, I found a section with ripped bags of gravel so I bought a load, its a bit of a mish mash, but if I use the mish, mash, underneath I can always finish off with a few bags of nice stuff on the top.

We cleared all the split bags and spent under £10, bargain!

So this is a work in progress, as I find ripped bags I will add too this, digging out the rest of the soil as I find places for it to go.

The fence is another story, 2 years ago the neighbours (whose fence it is) said they would replace it. We are still waiting!! The problem is they can't see it their side, it is behind a massive hedge. We even offered to buy the larger concrete gravel boards for them this end of the garden as here, theirs is lower than ours.

Meanwhile in the greenhouse

I have now, put together all the new shelving.

I am thrilled with the new shelves, well some of them. I love how the lower shelf has a lot of room for slightly taller plants. They are so strong too and still room to slide a few lower cactus underneath on the floor.

The thinner shelf although really strong could have done with being about 6-8 inches taller, for me. But again lovely and strong which is needed as the cactus pots are rather heavy.
My heater is not staying there its just up on the shelf for the moment.

The right hand side of the greenhouse is totally empty. This is where I need to put the large pots. When everything is in the space where the watering cans are and all the shelves will be crammed. The rest of the space is given in priority of height or weight.
Height, goes to the back and centre of the greenhouse. I use bungee ropes to gather up fronds to allow for everything to fit in.
Heavy goes just inside the door on the right, everything else fits in where I can get it lol!

An Early Autumnal Morning.

I think you can always tell when autumn is round the corner, you find spiders in the bath, or when you walk down the garden you walk through loads of cobwebs. I am not keen on spiders but I do love looking at their webs in the garden.

The light this morning was gorgeous.

I love the sun shining through the  trees and plants.

My camera has died so these pics are being taken on my phone.  I don't think the photos are nearly as good, so I'm busily saving for a new camera.

The next photo is my most favourite photo this morning.

Then off on the dog walk

The dog has his 'go faster' ears in place.

the next 4 photos are a landscape view from the top of the hill.