Tuesday 11 March 2014

Busy Little Bee ...

Good Morning!
Apologies for not being around the past few days! We've had a few days of good weather so I decided to take advantage of this and re-paint the garden fences. I certainly did not expect this to take me 3 days and 2 coats but it's almost there! The fences & shed were a mis-match of bare and faded red wood so I decided to go with a 'Dark Oak' colour.





Whilst painting I noticed that the Pulmonaria was in flower which is in the shade of next door's tree. I also found out whilst painting the fence that I share with the neighbours they are planning on getting rid of the tree this week which will allow a lot more sunlight onto the patio area if they do.


I also managed to get around to digging a new border outside the shed. I decided to do this so as the shed wasn't so much of an eyesore!


I started out by cutting out a semi-circle shape.


I then forked over the ground as it was very compacted and there were quite a few weeds. I also added the remainder of the Manure I had left over to help enrich the soil.


I finished off by adding the rose I mentioned a few posts ago in the centre.


Thanks for stopping by, I'l be back soon with an update on what is happening in the Greenhouse!

HAPPY GROWING!
XXX

4 comments:

  1. Your garden is looking lovely Natalie, hope the rose takes well by the shed x Susan x

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  2. wow nat - you have been busy - my seeds are just starting to germinate now - and I'll be back at gardening club soon so its all go xx

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  3. Hope your rose is happy by the shed, great idea to brighten that area up. Years ago when we had a shed, I painted it with each plank alternating blue & white so it resembled a beach hut. That really brightened it up & made it into an attractive feature, while somehow making the garden seem bigger too xx

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  4. wow nat you must have had lots of help with all that work -----hint hint

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