Garden Projects and DIY

Or reverse the colours for alternating pots. Two blue with gold rims and handles the others gold with blue rims and handles.

What a lovely garden to spend time in! You've transformed it. Think your poached egg plants are at the same stage as mine - could be weeds, but have appeared just where the seeds were sown! I hope you are enjoying your beautiful outdoor space!

@HarryS they call that "patina" nowadays.

Tetters took my words.....the low wide spreading junipers are my choice. I used them to hide a septic tank cover for a friend of mine. Access is still easy I would also add hardy geraniums like Rozanne, Russel Pritchard or Wargrave Pink. It really isnt a massive problem

I had forgotten this was here and so if you are interested the thread the difference 5 months makes will show the odds.

I once bought a blow away greenhouse that lasted about two month before it blew away, never bothered after that until i bought this property 5yrs ago, the garden was in a right old mess never been gardened in 50 yrs, i spent 12 month of my spare time digging leveling burning rubbish removing big...

Would it not be possible Sherry to have proper grass and employ someone to keep it cut for you? It might possibly work out cheaper, less hassle, and a bit more natural looking.

Thanks - the plants are in the ground and climbing up a trellis beside the pergola.

Aah well, ne`mind....bye then...........

The worst timber is that which the roof plate glass overlays, but there is no way to remove the glass to get at the timber. Because the glass is triangle-shaped, as soon as you pulled it towards you it would fall backwards inside the greenhouse. And it's heavy glass. But there shouldn't be any...

You prune it every year Gary but, yes, Limelight will grow to that size. Mine does, prob more in width. It is a plant that wants reasonable soil with reasonable organic matter in it; in poor soil it will struggle to make anything like that. However, to produce those huge flowerheads and...

So, tell us ... when are you signing up for Pinterest?

Think its time we both moved house!

it looks amazing. How clever and creative of you . I love the sound of running water in a garden, something that's missing from mine.

Hi @FlymoDM - oh, if you're wiring everything, then that's a much nicer situation. The Axis cameras look nice but quite expensive if you're going for a few of them... Are you going to fibre the whole setup? Or use the Power over ethernet option?

Lovely, very tastefully done

Corrugated roofing pannels are good, quite cheap too.

This thread is a tad inspirational

Hi HarryS, Don't apologise just added it for anyone considering doing decking and it would help give them a rough idea

I bought some from a local garden centre a few years ago and also had the good fortune to find two pieces washed up on beach after a big winter storm. Mine are more of 'planks ' than squares but they do look like wood and now they've weathered a little they look even better.