When Sheila and I moved into this house 10 years ago, the house had been rented and the garden was a wilderness, a tangle of bushes, flowers and trees that had grown out of control, left to nature for five years. Many overgrown cypress and other trees were gradually removed and replace by more appropriate trees and hedges. There was a double garage that was overgrown with ivy both inside and out damaging the roof.
A legacy allowed us to rebuild the double garage and lay out the patio and garden path. At the same time, I lifted old paths laid with “cassies” which were falling apart and liable to cause a broken ankle or two. The cassies used to form new paths and borders and are now a feature of the garden.
Some old borders have been dug out and reformed, then planted with many of the old plants, with the addition of some new plants and bushes. A few of these were purchased from Ben Reid’s “bargain bench” and have developed very well!
The vegetable and soft fruit garden were laid out together with the greenhouse and garden shed and surrounded by a low fence to keep out rabbits. Adjacent to it is our fruit garden of apples pears and plums, some of which have still to produce fruit! Maybe I haven’t got the knack of pruning properly yet!
I enjoy being outside in my garden bringing on vegetables and plants. Cutting all the hedges has been a bit of a chore but only needed once a year after bird nesting time, and cutting the grass helps keep me quite fit. Sadly, over the last winter several plants have been damaged or lost mostly small half-hardy hebes and will need replacing.
Gradually I have added new features to the garden. A garden is continually changing and this one, as you will see, is still and probably always will be “in development”.
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