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JonRGV250 · 16 Oct 2024 at 14:02

For those who grow their own veg, DT Brown has brought back their £1 seed sale..

Shop Discounted Plants & Seeds | D.T. Brown Seeds

Shop discounted plants, seeds, & gardening equipment at D.T. Brown Seeds. Start saving on your vegetables, flowers, & herb purchases. Order online today.

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I’m going have a crack at these next season..

Cucamelon Seeds

Cucamelon Seeds. D.T.Brown Vegetable Seeds

www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk

madtoady · 19 Oct 2024 at 11:07

Richie said:
Hold on there bucko... You cant just come in here and post this without some description of what you are doing for us nosey buggers

Haha, It's been a work in progress and the plan has changed as we've been working onthe garden between working on clients pond builds. This is the most recent drawn plan with the design and shape of the top patio changing slightly.

Before we see the year out I'm hoping to have the pond up and running and my koi in their new home, pool structre built, wall cladding finished, coping stones down, turf down, a good amount of plants in and maybe even the patio started but I think that bit might be me being a bit too optimistic!

Yaayuh! · 30 Oct 2024 at 21:31

Anybody else just stand and shout at their grass to stop bloody growing this time of year?

Too wet and dark, I can’t cut you anymore!

Rob_B · 30 Oct 2024 at 21:32

JonRGV250 said:
For those who grow their own veg, DT Brown has brought back their £1 seed sale..

Shop Discounted Plants & Seeds | D.T. Brown Seeds

Shop discounted plants, seeds, & gardening equipment at D.T. Brown Seeds. Start saving on your vegetables, flowers, & herb purchases. Order online today.

www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk

I’m going have a crack at these next season..

Cucamelon Seeds

Cucamelon Seeds. D.T.Brown Vegetable Seeds

www.dtbrownseeds.co.uk

These are great, need to plant a few for pollination though. Very tasty

matt100 · 31 Oct 2024 at 07:01

Yaayuh! said:
Anybody else just stand and shout at their grass to stop bloody growing this time of year?

Too wet and dark, I can’t cut you anymore!

Ha ha yep.. I've got the weekend pencilled for the next last time this year.

dlockers · 31 Oct 2024 at 18:02

matt100 said:
Ha ha yep.. I've got the weekend pencilled for the next last time this year.

Same

Nigel Kingdon · 11 Nov 2024 at 08:56

I'll post some pics later as we moved into a new build two years ago and just about finished it this year.
Leave your grass long over Winter. It helps it pick up in Spring.

Nigel Kingdon · 18 Nov 2024 at 15:29

We moved in 07/22. This shot was taken 11/22 after we had finished extending the path/patio:

Nigel Kingdon · 18 Nov 2024 at 15:34

Behind us to the right is an odd parcel of the plot, which just fits a greenhouse:

Nigel Kingdon · 18 Nov 2024 at 15:36

We (my mate an I) put a pergola together in 06/23:

Nigel Kingdon · 18 Nov 2024 at 15:46

We also had our first crop:

by 04/24 we (same as before) had build two ponds and put in some more hardstanding:

Nigel Kingdon · 18 Nov 2024 at 15:50

I raised the lawn area and put in 16x bulk bags of top soil:

And finally lawned and planted 09/24:

Nigel Kingdon · 18 Nov 2024 at 15:52

Ponds are maturing nicely:

Richie · 18 Nov 2024 at 16:21

Nigel Kingdon said:
I raised the lawn area and put in 16x bulk bags of top soil:

And finally lawned and planted 09/24:

Looks fantastic and a lot better than most around you I bet... With their plastic grass and corner sofas :cry:

Nigel Kingdon · 18 Nov 2024 at 16:48

The lad next door (about 30) is into his garden/lawn. Not much more than a square of lawn with pants around it, but much better than all of the others around me. Most paid to have their lawns laid, but that's it.

koolpc · 18 Nov 2024 at 16:56

I tried to post my garden but it wouldnt fit through the letterbox!

Countcussy · 28 Nov 2024 at 12:50

What the garden looked like a couple of years after moving in (2106 ish).

Picture hides the severe slope down the bottom. Usual challenges of a new build estate. Shared path behind. Our garden was 2 ft higher than the path at the bottom.
Our fence help up by a rotting smaller fence on the path. :mad:

Became concerned that if it failed, it could hurt someone. I had already added extra posts.

Garden this morning.

I only got them in to do the fence originally. It then escalated.

Took the opportunity to level the lawn with Concrete posts and gravel boards. Used 6ft long Angle Iron hammered in to support new fence posts. Recycled the old fence boards
Coming along nicely. We realised that where we originally planted stuff got the sun all day. Sunken patio seemed like a good idea. The sleepers are very very heavy and a ******* to cut.

For a new build, we got lucky with the garden size, but its why we chose the plot.

Countcussy · 3 Dec 2024 at 09:07

UPDATE

Nearing the end.

Friday spent levelling the soil, after needing a late delivery due to 4 ton of topsoil not being enough. Landscaper not happy.

Turf Laying Saturday.

Wait for an improvement in the weather, and get the paintbrushes out, and get some furniture ordered.
Can`t make my mind up whether I need to add some sort of barrier to the sides of the sunken patio. To stop accidentally falling.

Nigel Kingdon · 3 Dec 2024 at 09:12

Raised planters might be more attractive than a fence.
I wouldn't touch the grass until next year, except for watering when it's not rained, and try not to walk on it.

Countcussy · 3 Dec 2024 at 09:24

Nigel Kingdon said:
Raised planters might be more attractive than a fence.
I wouldn't touch the grass until next year, except for watering when it's not rained, and try not to walk on it.

Agreed.

Only person allowed on the grass is the dog.
Its not perfect, but is so much better than it was.