17th April 2022This was the basic plan; a converted 12 x 8ft pent roof shed, with a custom roll off roof, dropping down as it opened, so it...
Thanks, :) but at this point, the hard work had barely started!!!
13th April 2022After a garden centre trip, we came home with six more Laurel plants. These were all planted along side our neighbour's driveway,...
9th April 2022By early April, we were ready to start on the observatory, although there was still a lot of ground work to do first. The woodland...
25th March 2022We just did a little tidying of the garden in late March. There's a couple of Buddleias which needed cropping. There was a bit of...
After the steps, it was the turn of the main driveway Laurel. Once more, the height was pulled down by at least a foot. The trailer is about five...
Later in the day, we were back to trimming Laurel again! In September, we'd taken about a foot off the top of the workshop Laurel to keep it...
26th February 2022Towards the back end of February, we were back out in the garden. The Laurel that had been cut to a stump and then re-grew,...
Not my choice either. When the previous owner split the plot and built a new bungalow at the bottom of the garden, they put a load of Laurel on...
The re-seeded lawn was looking fairly good and all the Laurel was tidy. We felt like we'd had a pretty good year. So much work in the garden,...
2nd November 2021Over the year, with the trees gone, the former woodland area had sprouted quite a lot. All of this was going to be cleared for...
Another busy day in the garden. Did three garden centres ( with a coffee stop ), then came home and planted a Hebe mix, a Choisya ternata sundance...
16th September 2021For all the time I've had my Dodge, it was painted up as an airfield Flying Control truck. Basically, it was an air traffic...
As we started to chop the top down, we could see a much more dense level further down. This was the original hedge height, where it had regularly...
7th September 2021I finished removing the hedge on the 7th and then drilled the stumps and put some root killer inserts into them.[IMG]11th...
25th August 2021One hedge which I felt was not necessary, was the Laurel along the side of the garage. I was also concerned about what the roots...
2nd July 2021Like the Laurel in the back garden, the hedge out the front was over-grown. There were a number of quite thick branches, beyond the...
28th June 2021After spreading the grass seed, the birds took the opportunity of a free lunch. To stop them and keep moisture on the seed, I...
This morning, I've been chopping 100 feet of Hawthorn hedge. That long arm petrol trimmer gets really heavy after the first three feet! Below,...
23rd June 2021By late June, the flowers around the patio were in full bloom. This is the border area in front of the kitchen window.[IMG]We...
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