About the Garden!

I have been so wrapped up with nails and office conversion, that I have not been really looking at the garden, I am not sure what changed today, that made me look.
I was surprised with the amount of colour/flowers I have

this Black Eyed Susan has been totally amazing. Will Giles at the Exotic Garden Blog gave me the idea and I have been thrilled with how well it has done.

In the back ground you can see another of my Bromeliad's that has flowered!

Jungle area

My neighbours 'Kiwi' isn't it amazing, for some unknown reason it loves growing into my garden. I love it! Thanks S!

This is the best ever Rincus I have grown, I love it. I will definately get this one again.
My Maurelli's where very poor this year, no idea why, I don't think I did anything differently?

My Trachy has gone balistic this year, it has sent up so many spears its unbelievable

and there are still 3 to come!

Meanwhile I still have flowers everywhere!

Meanwhile at the bottom the decking is underway.

The greenhouse has been screwed down, so I will be able to get the glass in this weekend.

I hope to get the compost bins set up, I may even build some. I am planning the planting around the pond, plus I have dismantled one of the veg beds, so am in the process of extending the flowerbed and replanting some grass.

So much to do and so little time!!!

Away Less than a Week and .....

Look what has happened.....

its amazing, the difference.

Windows and doors are on order should be with us a week on Friday.

Its sooooo cosy

Need to chose some flooring

and at the neighbours....

his new garage, halfway down the garden, with no drive to it? Most bizzare bearing in mind what a 'nerd' he is about his lawn!

I'm really glad its not 2 storey like he wanted!!

One or Two Hold Ups!

Well we all (builder and us) are back from holiday. Builder returned to work on 12th September but I promptly sent him home as he was so unwell. I told him to go home and get better, he tried to return on the Wednesday, but was still not right so we told him not to rush back. Poor chap, when he did come back on the following Monday (19th) he told me that was the first week he had ever taken off work!

Anyway, due to the holiday and illness it was light work the first week. As you can see he has enlarged the side window.



The back windows have been made bigger also.



this is the side window with the side door still there!



Here is W cutting out the front double door and side windows.



even with all the black membrane inside we now have loads of light coming in!



the wood that was cut out from the front was used to fill in the side door.



which is all sealed. It looks that good that my neighbour walked past it and never noticed lol!!
As the weather has been so gorgeous this week, W, decided to crack on with the paving. We are re-using all the paving slabs we had accumulated, yes they might be a bit grubby, but nothing a good jet wash won't cure!



Its quite bizarre walking on them, they are so solid and level!



Having been used to 'wibbly wobbly' for donkeys years, I am seriously thinking of getting him back to do the path through the veg area!



The gap down the side is for the gravel, which will allow drainage! We have now acquired a bed to the left of the path in the last pic. I was planning to put this to grass, but having watched it over the last few days it gets a good lot of sun, so I am tempted to use it as a veg bed! But this would mean further changes in front of the office, which hubby has yet to agree too!? I'm working on it!!!



I am looking forward to glazing the greenhouse, did I show you the drainage channel W put in for me, 'dead posh here'! We have to wait to glaze until all the heavy work is done as behind the greenhouse is where the access is. Sadly not a permanent one!

Windows and doors have been ordered due 2-3 weeks. Guttering, waterbutts in fact most of the out door work will be done whilst the sun is shining on us! Getting excited now!!