Garden Pictures

[casso]

Thank you for that link Adam. I'v e put my two photos on.

 

[casso]

Autumn in my garden

 

[youngroughcaster]

nice garden casso!! i love Autumn when all the leaves come of the trees and winter when snow falls on them!!

 

[Red_Stafford]

I finished building the bench yesterday, which I am quite proud of.
Going to build a table next week.

I really like your fence, is the a tutorial on how to do a fence like this, for novice DIYers

 

[tony_m]

I finished building the bench yesterday, which I am quite proud of.
Going to build a table next week.

I really like your fence. is it hand made or prefab. What wood is it?

 

[Ionkontrol]

It is a Brazilian hardwood called "Ipe", pronounced "Eepay"
It is actually decking made up into fence panels.

 

[lesliemorris85]

Wow! Amazing gardens you guys have, makes me feel ashamed about the condition of my own. Better start getting mine in shape so I could share it here.

 

[Deleted2797112]

Thought I'd try to kick this thread back into life for the new growing season. New house so new garden, currently low maintenance with hard landscaping, lots of gravel and lawn and some interesting shrubs. There's a few Pieris japonica and they look like they're on fire right now:

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[lisap]

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A lovely time of year in the garden with all the spring blossom. shame it doesn't last a bit longer!

 

[Deleted2797112]

That's a very pretty garden! I've just moved house and the garden is a bit of a blank canvas at the moment with large areas of lawn, gravel and decking. There are a few nice shrubs like the pieris around the edges but otherwise it's quite featureless. I'm doing a bit of wait and see this growing season to allow me to get on with the house while getting a feel for the garden.

 

[lisap]

Gardens are such a long term thing! Ours was very over grown, loads of trees but with no borders. !2 years on, there are alot less trees but the borders are still taking awhile to fill!

 

[CaptainCaveman289]

Here's my builders yard:

::Sigh::
One day...

 

[Halitosis]

Ongoing levelling project:
Before:

Before

• Halitosis
• 7 Oct 2014
• 4

Before

• Halitosis
• 7 Oct 2014
• 5

Starting the retaining wall (shows the gradient well!):

starting with the retaining wall

• Halitosis
• 26 Apr 2015
• 3

concrete foundations and Tobermore Secura Lite retaining wall blocks. AFter mortaring the first...

After 60 tons of earth had been removed:

60 tons later

• Halitosis
• 31 May 2015
• 2

Raised area ready to lay patio

• Halitosis
• 31 May 2015
• 3

There's a dwarf wall 200mm out from the house so the DPC isn't compromised. Drainage pipes run...

Next step will be patio on the lower part next to the house, steps between the walls, a new back fence, and then watch the lawn grass grow with a beer in hand!

 

[WalksWithTurkeys]

Halitosis: I am very impressed. Soon you will be enjoying lawn weeds and moss like the rest of us.

 

[Halitosis]

Halitosis: I am very impressed. Soon you will be enjoying lawn weeds and moss like the rest of us.

For the first time this year, I'm now actually trying to grow something: have been sowing grass seed and every morning I open the curtains in expectation... I guess good gardeners have plenty of patience!