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We have had a good week of dry weather, this gave me a chance this weekend to get into the raised beds and get them forked over for the Wife,all sorted now and ready for planting out , I was very surprised how well the soil had broken down, with the good hardy frost's we had over the winter period has done a power of good, it was not claggy at all, and dare I say it, a pleasure to be out in the garden helping.
We emptied all the compost from Gills heaps, mixed it in as I worked the beds over it over , so we are planning for Easter weekend to get things moving in the gardens ,Gill spent a lot of the weekend in the glasshouse sorting out stuff, and also set out her Shallots , and then today I even got the grass mowed , a good start to the growing season ,lets hope the weather holds out and we don't get the spring floods to set us back ,as we have had other years.
Regards Mick
Work is for those people that don't Bird-watch!!!!
I don't usually 'do' envy, Grandpaddy - but I'm green for those fab raised beds and what a lovely spot your garden looks as if it's in. Is that a loch in the background? It's definitely time to get into the garden - we're fair chafing at the bit here, Himself's been haunting the nurseries and garden centres itching to get his hands on some plants:-)) To think, there was a time when he didn't know one end of a trowel from the other:-))
Hi Higgy, and everyone else that has followed this thread.
It’s taken us a few years to get to the stage we are at, when we moved here in February 2000 it was a house on a hill in a field, the house is on ¾ of an acre, and in a state of disrepair.
Having to work fulltime, and try to renovate the house came 2nd to getting Gills gardens and glass house sorted, the part in the picture is the veggie beds, this was just part of the field when we started, we cleared it of stones and boulders and got the raised beds into position, and were lucky enough to get some great topsoil from the farmer next door who had put a new roadway into the field.
The Glass house I purchased from a convent that had closed down, it was a big very old glasshouse, 30 ft long by 13 ft wide myself and two neighbors all wanted a glasshouse so we brought it (€250.00) a bargain, it took a whole week to dismantle and transport it home (and not a lot of broken panes) 6ft x 2ft 6” were the longest panes for the roof part.
We then engineered it to make three glasshouses, one had full glass sides and ends, like the original, another we made two wooden ends with door and windows, and mine had one wooden end, and for the other end we used the rear of the garage wall, we are all pleased with the outcome and over the resent years have enjoyed the fruits of all our labour.
I am going to put up some photos of how it was in the beginning, and how it is now, hopefully showing you all how it has progressed over the years
Regards Mick and Gill
What a wonderful setting and so worth all the hard work you have put it. You are both so lucky to live in such a place
Of all creatures, man is the most detestable, he is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain. ~ Mark Twain
Thanks Grandpaddy for the story of the greenhouse(s), the topsoil and the raised beds - I love a good gardening chat, I don't know a lot about it, shrubs and trees a bit of a mystery to me but I love it all the same:-))
Wow! I am so impressed with your hard work and the fantastic results you are achieving. I just love the raised beds, how I would love a garden like yours. The scenery is beautiful! I would be outside all day long if I had your garden. I look forward to seeing more! Well done you.
Thank you all for the kind comments ,it has been hard work ,but we feel well rewarded, it's been a team effort Gill tells me what wants doing and I get on with it he!he! ,here are the pictures of the pergola how it started ,and how it finished up , + veggie beds in full bloom last years crop
this is where we started
all free standing.
the first Dog-roses
then the Clematis
Then the visitors started to arrive!!!
And we have also left part of the hillside beyond the veggie beds to go wild ,this attracts loads of birds,butterfly's ,frogs insects ect ect
Hi Grandpaddy,
Just picked this thread up again and it's great to see how it's all evolving! Fantastic that you also have photographs as in my last garden I did lots of work but had no photos of it! That's why this time I'm taking loads of pictures and started my gardening blog!
I have to say that every time you post some more pictures it just looks better and better and as mentioned above a setting to die for!
Keep them coming it's really interesting to see it develop and get a few ideas for myself also!.......I love your clematis Montana walk way, I have been thinking about some sort of walk through for my own garden recently so good to see yours!
Many thanks
What a super spot you have there. How do you manage to get any gardening done? I'd spend all day just admiring the wonderful view.
Andrew
higgy50 said:I love your clematis Montana walk way, I have been thinking about some sort of walk through for my own garden recently so good to see yours!
Grandpaddy, as mentioned before, I love your gardening chat. Pergola's great. Please keep telling us more - for myself, I am enchanted with it. But then I'm a gardening geek. Not good at it, but interested, very interested, like my birding really. Off to work I go:-(