Sunday, 17 January 2010
Tuesday, 16 June 2009
Star for June
These beauts are Ixia. Bought a pack of 10 from Wilkinson's for £1. They are on the deck and look great next to my (as yet) uneaten Hosta. They look even better now I've removed the nettle that was growing through them - I must have some iffy compost as I've got nettles coming up all over and never had them before.
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Labels: June 2009, Star plants
Monday, 15 June 2009
At last
It's been a long wait for the strawberry patch to get going - three years I think. This is our second picking so we're actually eating bowlfuls this year. Strawberrytastic.
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Sunday, 24 May 2009
Painted up
Trying to decide on a colour took more time than building. It was going to be silver birch, then black, then red (like the Swedish ones). When it was built and we saw the pale colour it seemed wrong to go dark so we opted for stone with autumn red for the windows. This is a funny plastic sort of paint that I'm hoping won't peel off. We have a summerhouse.
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Labels: End of garden, May 2009, Projects, Shack
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Roof goes on
We left the summerhouse without a roof overnight as the weather was looking good. Getting the two roof panels on went much smoother than we thought. A bit scary as Chris had to lift them on his own while I pretended to be helping from the inside.
This is the view from the inside. Good to see the garden from a new angle.
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Labels: End of garden, May 2009, Projects, Shack
Friday, 22 May 2009
More exciting than the base
Seeing the walls start to grow (after we had resolved the issue of walls not fixing together due to the base problems). It was really hot.
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Labels: End of garden, May 2009, Projects, Shack