JWK's Garden Destruction

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  1. JWK

    JWK Gardener Staff Member

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    Yikes! That'll teach me to brag about how free draining my soil is :rofl:
     
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    Blimey Kristen,

    I thought that WAS Johns garden for a second.:DOH:
     
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    Hello John,

    Wow your project is fantastic!! You have done so much. It is looking great!! :dbgrtmb:

    Bigbird :)
     
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    Thanks BigBird, very nice of you to say that.
     
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    Just checking my thread subscriptions
     
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    Steps now built and slabs laid on patio. I should finish in 3 or 4 weekends at this rate - I'm desperate to start planting by Easter.
    [​IMG]
     
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      It looks a nice clen job,will look great when completed ..
      Dave
       
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      Coming along well John.

      I have really enjoyed following this thread over the last year or two!
       
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      Wow.. this is looking pretty decent JWK :WINK1:

      Lovely, clean lines. I may have missed the answer for this, but I'm guessing you're a builder or at least work(ed) in the construction trade, no?

      BTW - the seating area looks shallower than in the drawing. Does this mean we've lost the scented plants area immediately behind the actual seats???

      Looking forward to seeing more.

      BD
       
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      Thanks Tropical_Gaz & BlueDamsel.
      They make me sit at a computer all day at work - nothing to do with building or gardens I'm afraid - that's why it takes me a very long time compared to the professionals (I started ripping up my garden in 2007!).

      Yes the seating is not the same as the computer generated image, I was using a package called Punch Landscape and really struggled to get it display curved walls (I gave up in the end). There will be scented plants behind the seats this year for sure, tonight I've just sown some Nicotiana, Oenothera and Sweet peas, just for starters :thumbsup:
       
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      JWK: I'm trying some Night Scented Stock in a seed tray this year. I've always sown it "direct" (as per the destructions on the packet) in the past, but had limited success. So I figured to try sow, prick-out, transplanting this year. Either Monty or Horticultural Channel was doing it and I thought "Why do the packets say to only do it direct" - I sow Parsnips, Carrots, Sweetcorn etc. in containers that apparently can't be transplanted ... so I'll take a chance on N.S.Stock this year :)
       
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      I think you're doing the right thing, it's best to nuture Night Scented Stock Kristen, it takes a long time to get going in my soil, summers over before it's ready.
       
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      Can't believe I've missed this thread till now. JKW, it's absolutely STUNNING, and I'm more than just a tad jealous!! You should be so proud of yourself, what you've done here is brilliant.
      Now, if ever you get bored, once you've completed this master project, feel free to pop on over to Shrops to give me some inspiration for my very flat garden! There's bacon butties in it for you!

      Seriously though, it's brilliant, really, very well done!!!
       
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      Anyone need any chalk?
      [​IMG]
      I can't believe how much I've managed to pile up digging out the last bit of my patio, now I've got to find somewhere to lose this mountain in the garden, I'm planning to replace the dirt paths in my veggie patch with chalk, but it's going to take me months.
       
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        Sell it to the Tate Modern as an Art Work John! "Barrow Mound" or somesuch ... :)

        I have 4' wide beds, 18" paths. I dug the paths out a spit deep and put it on the beds to raise them. You are on a slope, so even if you had heavy clay like me you wouldn't have soggy-boot syndrome like here, so raised beds may not be your thing. But I think never walking on the beds makes the soil so much more easily worked, and I don't resent walking on good quality topsoil that could be put to better use either! Just a thought ...
         
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