Gwenfar's Garden and other musings
Notes on growing ornamentals and edibles, and musings on other matters that interest me.
Now that the landscaping of my back garden is complete and a new year has dawned, I have decided to join Helen, @patientgardener in writing a End of Month View (EMOV) post each month. The aim is to see how this newly designed …
After finally deciding on the final layout for my back garden and sourcing a landscaper to do the hard landscaping work, I now have a new look! First the ‘before’: March 2013: when we moved in (the plants/compost bins from …
For the really keen(!), as much as for my future reference, this is a photo essay giving a step-by-step guide to how the landscaping was done. Removing the old grass Rotovating the soil which was heavily compacted, heavy clay Raking …
Now that a majority of the boxes have been unpacked and we can now effectively cook in the kitchen, I thought it was time to introduce the new garden here in Sheffield… Front garden Back garden As you can see, …
Despite the weather at the beginning of Easter being utterly crap for most of us in the UK, it slowly improved and in the end Kevin and I got a lot done in the garden. Firstly, the back garden. Though …
It was all cold and wet for a week or so after my last blog post, but now the sun has come out again and being a ‘balmy’ 6 degrees, just right for getting outside again. In the last two …