Just 11C this morning. A quick 20 minute blast of the heating has taken the edge off the coolness. Yes, we could have put on even more layers of clothing but that 20 minutes has also finished drying yesterday’s washing.
Onwards and upwards revamping and downsizing the garden to suit our ageing needs!
Our neighbour (a landscape gardener) is pricing up swapping the back fence panels for new ones (7 3/4 of them). Plus build us a small panel for behind our water butts to keep the neighbours lovely dog out. He rarely goes behind there but it is breaking down and one day, we expect to see him in the garden having a mosey around! Said gardening neighbour also delivered us some requested cooking apples from one of his jobs.
One of the water butts is leaning backwards onto the fence so DB emptied it and temporarily removed it until the work is done. Hopefully he will fit us in sooner rather than later.
Our oversized Bramley cooking apple tree is no more. I bought it on the wrong root stock and we have put up with it thuggish ways for about 25 years with hardly any reward. My fault not its. It was just doing what it was bred to do:(
Once the fence panels have been changed we shall sort out that bit of garden. I fancy ferns with just a few tall plants to break up the panels a bit.
We have paving slabs to get up plus ornamental bricks. They will be replaced by a weed membrane and gravel. We just can't keep on top of the weeds.
We have been downsizing our garden as well. Though I have been trying to talk Harvey into more fruiting type trees and vines.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I might replace it but it’s a north facing area so heathers and ferns I think.
DeleteYou have been working hard. Now the weather is a little cooler we can crack on with our garden. Weed membrane will go under the slabs we will be laying.
ReplyDeleteI should gain about 15’ of growing area once done.
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