Post Your Garden!

Participant · 17 Apr 2022 at 14:21

Love the spring!

LeeUK · 17 Apr 2022 at 15:53

^ How a garden should be. Real grass and plants. Not that artificial stuff and fake sofas trying to make a garden like a room extension of the house.

Welshman · 17 Apr 2022 at 18:02

LeeUK said:
^ How a garden should be. Real grass and plants. Not that artificial stuff and fake sofas trying to make a garden like a room extension of the house.

Fake sofas????

Slam62 · 17 Apr 2022 at 18:06

Yeah but wheely bins are a no and those trees are huge, looks lovely though

rodders · 17 Apr 2022 at 21:34

LeeUK said:
^ How a garden should be. Real grass and plants. Not that artificial stuff and fake sofas trying to make a garden like a room extension of the house.

I have fake grass and just bought a 'fake' sofa

It is an extension to the house, I like to sit out there in comfort and look at all my 'real' plants

LiE · 18 Apr 2022 at 08:57

Garden today before I undertake some of the jobs that need doing.

- Weeds in the patio
- Overgrown plants next to the path
- Edge the lawn
- Clean the slabs.

{SAS}TB · 18 Apr 2022 at 12:03

Sorry for the picture overload!

As the weather has been getting better and the recent introduction of the new greenhouse and raised bed we are spending more time in the garden and starting to plan it out now we have "finished" the building work on the house.

There's still a fair bit to be done and a long term project with the planting and maturing of plants and shrubs, but here is where we're at ...

The back garden

From the back corner of the house looking up to the far end (you can see the gazebo under the trees)

Closer up shot of the gazebo / "woodland" area

And from the gazebo looking back towards the chicken coop / run

Then from the back of the house along the slightly lower part

You can see the beds where we grow veg. And a closer shot from the other side

And the other end on

From the chickens down the side of the house towards the drive / garage

And looking back from the corner of the house

And back towards the gazebo

The really scruffy bit at the front of the house

And the front garden area

We are in a semi with a shared access drive. Next door are very keen gardeners so next picture is their front garden but also part of the view from our lounge and front veranda / seating area. Win win!

Participant · 18 Apr 2022 at 12:52

^ Brilliant garden, loads of variety.

I want chickens.

{SAS}TB · 18 Apr 2022 at 13:57

Thank you

still very much work in progress but really happy with how its shaping up

If you have somewhere for the chickens, do it. They're great let's and you really can't beat a fresh egg

arknor · 18 Apr 2022 at 15:44

Welshman said:
Fake sofas????

your supposed to grow a bush to sit on

, get a big rock or a log

Hawk Tuah · 19 Apr 2022 at 09:25

Been working on the wild side of the garden. Cutting back overgrowth and re-profiling the lawn edge.

Dis86 · 19 Apr 2022 at 19:04

@LiE What the chuff is going on with the levels and slopes in your garden?!

LiE · 19 Apr 2022 at 19:08

Dis86 said:
@LiE What the chuff is going on with the levels and slopes in your garden?!

Keeps people on their toes

We did the garden over a few years so added to it in stages so we ended up with some weird design choices

Dis86 · 19 Apr 2022 at 19:12

Weird covers it! I thought my eyes were going goofy when i first looked at the patio

JonRGV250 · 25 Apr 2022 at 19:03

Asparagus rearing it's tasty heads..

Onions, spuds and other stuffs..

Sweetcorn, dwarf beans, courgettes, tomatoes, peppers etc are currently in the green house.

NickK · 6 May 2022 at 05:43

After moving the sand from the pond excavation, the pond phase 1 is almost complete and the attention turns to rotovating the entire (now sand/soil wasteland) into find topsoil, levelled back and then will be reseeding heavily.

miller745 · 1 Jun 2022 at 21:33

Will do a full garden pic soon...i'm not much of a gardener so it's quite overgrown!

Can anyone help with what this thing is? I had to cut away one part so we could get the furniture through the front door. I'd like to keep it, but it needs a major haircut...any tips?

BigT · 1 Jun 2022 at 22:42

Looks like a Leylandii of sorts to me. Where it’s been cut to brown stuff it wont ever go green again. If you’re trimming the green you want to cut it close but not get to the brown underneath or the lack of re-growth leaves horrible holes. Just go at it with a hedge trimmer but not for a month just in case something is nesting in there. I usually do mine in August. You need to keep on top of it because you only have so much leeway with keeping it green but keeping the size in check. They grow very fast.

miller745 · 2 Jun 2022 at 10:25

BigT said:
Looks like a Leylandii of sorts to me. Where it’s been cut to brown stuff it wont ever go green again. If you’re trimming the green you want to cut it close but not get to the brown underneath or the lack of re-growth leaves horrible holes. Just go at it with a hedge trimmer but not for a month just in case something is nesting in there. I usually do mine in August. You need to keep on top of it because you only have so much leeway with keeping it green but keeping the size in check. They grow very fast.

Thanks! Think I may be better removing the whole thing and starting again, as it's majorly overgrown in every direction. Got another one around the side which has overgrown into the washing line which does have something nesting in it.

BigT · 2 Jun 2022 at 10:45

miller745 said:
Thanks! Think I may be better removing the whole thing and starting again, as it's majorly overgrown in every direction. Got another one around the side which has overgrown into the washing line which does have something nesting in it.

Think about how you'll remove the stumps. Traditional method is grinding them out. You can rent a machine for about £100 or get someone to do it. Because I have a lot of small trees I used an alternative method and bought a 1.5t engine crane and chain. Chainsaw to about two foot high and then literally ripped the stumps out from their roots! Cost the same as a days rental and I have an extra bit of kit which i love hoarding.