Tom's Garden Project

Wowee it's really coming on! Although to say I am somewhat disappointed there is no evidence of the amazing garden table is an understatement

Originally Posted by Tom_the_great

What you got going in Phil ? Any photos ? And I would help but your about 5-6 hours away so can't just nip down lol

My garden is on a slope so I am raising the bottom of the garden to level it (needed a 5ft wall to level about 40ft of garden). I ripped out countless bushes and trees to create a blank landscape, have built new steps from my raised patio, dug a hole for a new pond.

All I really need to do now is create a new path, finish levelling the bottom of the garden (need to dig out for the extension, loose all rubble down the bottom then bring in 50-100 tonne of top soil), build a new patch, build another set of steps with a pond in the middle of the 2 sets of steps, build up a natural stone wall, deck over the patio, plant bushes along side 50ft of path and turk over the entire lawn!!!!!!

Should get the majority of it done this summer with the builder who does the extension finishing it off, then it's just a complete remodel on the inside of the house! LOL

This is the garden before we bought it:

It looked lovely but hadn't been touched for that long that it was completely overgrown and needed more than just trimming back. There were nettles and brambles everywhere so rather than pi$$ about, we gutted the place!

These were taken after the cellar was dug out and all the rubble was dumped at the bottom of the garden:

This is after the bottom was gutted and a shed put in.

I love landscaping, its not like decorating. Decorating gets re-done 5-10years down the line and its forgotten about. But Landscaping more often than not will out live the person who built it so in a sense by landscaping you're increasing the effect your presence has on the world. You're leaving a legacy even if only for a blip in the life time of our species its still a blip more than others achieve.

I have completely destroyed the last family's presence...thank fook...they were complete idiots!

[Tom_the_great]

that sounds like a mega project phil! be able to get a few organs in there for a bbq

loving the pond/deck...

i think there is a massive self satisfaction with doing your own garden.

[Dave20046]

Originally Posted by Tom_the_great

that sounds like a mega project phil! be able to get a few organs in there for a bbq

loving the pond/deck...

i think there is a massive self satisfaction with doing your own garden.

Fine, decided to give mine ago. If I hate myself for doing it - I'm blaming you.