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Whether it is a pile of rubble or a landscaped masterpiece with waterfall and pond..... or a few plant pots. Please share it here. Hopefully we can help get ideas, discuss plants or what makes the perfect garden lawn, etc. I recently moved house to a pile of gravel and brambles. Decided to put in a lawn and two apple trees that will hopefully grow year by year. Nothing extroadinary but I like it. How about you... https://cableforum.uk/board/attachme...1&d=1637059663 |
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Hi Halcyon, looking good. :tu:
When we bought our house 50+ years ago it was like Sleeping Beauty's castle, brambles 6ft tall and a hedge nearly twice as big. Unloved for many years it took an army of friends to clear a wide enough path for us to be able to get our furniture to the front door. Here's a couple of photos of parts of our gardens now. The first is of my slice of heaven. It's where I have spent a lot of time over the last couple of years. So peaceful and hidden away from the world. It gets the sun from sunrise to sundown. Thankfully being in Manchester we get a fair bit of liquid sunshine which helps to keep it watered seeing as all of the plants are either in pots or in brick planters. The second photo is the front section of our side garden, lots of shrubs to give us some privacy and some shade The tree is a Nana Catalpa biggest leaves going and branches that snap off in high winds but we love it. |
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Mine is a wild garden, when I say wild, I mean bombsite wild... It's embarrassing.
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Loving the red geraniums. And I like how the shrubs are at the front. I see so many gardens these days being slabbed over. It's good to see a planted or lawn garden and ofcourse the wildlife enjoy it too. ---------- Post added at 14:35 ---------- Previous post was at 14:33 ---------- Quote:
That would be awersome for playing hide and seek in then. Have you got any plans for it? |
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All being well, I might wait another month for most of the foliage to disappear so I can get in there with my machete. As for the front garden, my privets are alive with the sound of hundreds of sparrows! Talk about Halfred Hitchycock and the birds!! :shocked: :D |
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The range of visitors you get in your back garden is fantastic and I think you would miss them if all you ended up with was concrete :D Maybe a little selective sort out would be enough? Time it right and you could get rid of the less attractive elements and build up the areas that provide you with an interesting view whilst you are drinking you tea. Quote:
Off topic add/ love seeing your name crop up on the forum. Hope you are keeping well and still enjoying the odd Vimto. :D xx |
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Loving the garden Tinky. Looks great. It is lovely when you can grow your own vegetables and fruit.
I've put a lawn down as the kids run around and it was orignally just random slabs, gravel, and brambles. Took ages to clear and I think I probably did my back in moving slabs! But it looks nice now. I've added two apple trees which are still young but hopefully make some nice fruit in a few years time. Luckily the path behind us has a hedge with blackberry bushes so I was there collecting a few months back. I'd love a water feature at some point. |
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Move forward to 7 years ago and we had a grandson who was more of a worry. The pond liner needed replacing so rather than all the hassle replacing it and fitting a custom made childproof cover we made the decision to punch a lot of holes in the liner for drainage then fill it in. A neighbour suggested that rather than do that we fill it in allowing the slow leak keep it from being completely waterlogged. We now have a bog garden. It's been a great addition, had a lot of frogs and toads over wintering and the slug population never over took my Hostas. Next year we are thinking of adding a Gunnera. Sorry for the long screed. |
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Halcyon and Jo love both your gardens. Jo who would not want to spend time in your serine and peaceful sanctuary? I can also imagine how it would look with solar lighting and sitting there on a barmy summer night enjoying a glass or two of vimto with Mr T. x :):):) A small corner of our new garden... |
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We have lots of solar lights around our small patio. They draw months to the area and sometimes we are treated to the sight of bats swooping down to enjoy their first feed of the evening. Quote:
Love the way your garden is terraced and would love your barrel water feature. :tu: |
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