19th June 2025On the 19th, I began digging out the foundations for the edging around the wood. This channel isn't the final depth, but just an...
17th June 2025On the 17th, I picked out all the rubble and remains of the tarmac from the drive gravel and raked all the gravel up to the new...
All paint will suffer outdoors for long time periods, but model paints seem to do okay from past experience. At some point, the Jeeps may need a...
Thanks. The paint is a mix of Humbrol model enamels and Tamiya solvent based acrylic for the silver on the lights. They are going to go on the sun...
The concrete lawn edging was next, mixing up several batches of mortar to lay all the stones. Three were full length, with the one nearest the...
15th June 2025 - Father's DayFather's day began with some presents - two Jeep plant pots. Cute though they were, the incorrect star on the hood...
14th June 2025A spur of the moment trip to a couple of garden centres resulted in us coming back with two six packs of Osteospermum. We saw lots...
12th June 2025More digging today. The depth was increased, uncovering part of the old Victorian school in the process. I wanted a reasonable...
10th/11th June 2025Canterbury Bells. Planted as seed in April 2024, we've had to wait a little over a year for these biennial plants to flower....
Thanks, I'm pleased this area is done now, bar grass thickening up, but there's still a long way to go yet! I think I've laid about one third of...
8/9th June 2025Yesterday morning, there were a few hours forecast without rain. My neighbour's tractor hedge cutter is broken, so we had to cut...
I know, I have them in the railway. It's all being planted for next year.
7th June 2025Another garden centre trip yesterday, brought three more plants for the front of the slate area I cleared. I also got the peach...
2nd~5th June 2025On the 2nd of June, I began to clear out the slates from the small border by the lower patio. Once the slates were all out, I...
31st May 2025We spent the morning of the 31st, tackling the front Laurel hedge. While a smaller length of hedge, it was still hard work as there...
23rd~30th May 2025Across May, there's been plenty of wildlife doing its thing in the garden, but the fox cubs have dominated the trailcam. Only...
It was too late to change once the video was published.
23rd May 2025A couple of garden centre trips across the 22nd and 23rd, brought us a number of plants for along the edge of the slate area. In...
In other news, wildlife continues to trigger my trailcams and by mid May, Rabbits were frequently in the garden before dawn. However, the best...
21st May 2025Today, I got the second stretch of slates raked back to expose the weed membrane. I added a load of new topsoil to build up the...
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