So, as you may know when we moved into our flat we started with an overgrown dump outside…and Stephen and I have been working hard trying to make it into a very special garden for 2 years now.
We are lucky with the size of it and it has soooo much potential and a wonderful project for us to get our teeth stuck into and I can hardly wait for days off to carry on with it at the moment (especially when the sun has got his hat on ((am I the only one that finds that song confusing… if the sun has his hat on then surely it would be overcast and shaded?!! No? No? OK)) )
ANYWAY we are doing this as we do all our DIY; for as little money as possible and I showed you in this blog post how we started…
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| How could the previous tenants leave it like THIS?!! |
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We have being doing bits and pieces to it over the years (after the major installation of the pond and patio) -adding free bits of furniture that we find, get given etc etc, then some tidying, sorting and lots of planting of course.
Recently we have been full steam ahead… we added a Hobbes proof fence – our dog has been to our neighbour’s garden TOO many times!! eek!
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| OK I said we but we had 2 great friends helping- Jim and Vinnie- THANKYOU! |
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| The boys put it all up in about 5 hours! |
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These panels were used in a video shoot on our street
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| and I asked for them after – score!! |
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| Voila! |
And then we painted it…
Then last weekend the work really accellerated… and we did all this:
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| We straightened the middle path… |
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| This is the path… on the patio… I think it looks pretty! |
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| Paul (the tuba player in our band) joined us and was AMAZING help! |
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| We collected A LOT OF SHARP SAND! |
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| They lay a cell membrane to stop weeds… |
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| And poured sand on top… |
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| Whilst I continued painting the trellis. |
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| Stephen painted the posts blue |
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| We carried on till 11pm and Paul kept his hat on all the time! |
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| We brought out a desk lamp to help light the way! |
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| THE NEXT DAY… |
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| We picked up MORE bags of sharp sand! |
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| Stephen built a second path… |
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| Which leads to the wall… which we both rather like! |
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And now we want a secret door there!
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| While I carried on digging |
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| To make way for the new patio! |
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| I even got to lay a row (Stephen is king of the laying part so I was honoured!) |
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| We got the beautiful paving stones from freecycle- they look amazing -unlike Stephen’s knees! |
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Today I bordered a new planting bed beside the patio and layed my own path but I wanted to save that for another blog with a step by step guide on how I did it!
Next we will be doing the final part… the back of the garden…
oh that reminds me, *GOOD NEWS* my wonderful boyfriend has finally turned to the ‘I want a garden shed’ side- I am soooo happy! (I was always going to get one but it makes it much better that he can help assemble it! 😉 in fact he’s more into the idea of having it at the other end of the garden and so that means more room, bigger shed, excited Gabby… we might even go for a summerhouse now!!
Love and lots of sun (with or without his hat!)
Xox Gababble
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That is so cool! I didn’t know Stephen had it in him. Glad you used Freecycle, when you are an artist sites like that are a godsend for offering and receiving I’ve found. The garden looks awesome, well done to all of you. I miss having one, I live vicariously through others : ) Love to the both of you.. Yasmin xx
I think the Sun has got his hat on because he’s ‘coming out today’ Gabs. Looks fab, when are we Pimmsing it?