Chris's garden makeover

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Chris's garden makeover

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Spreckly mentioned that I used to post photos of my garden renovations. I had forgotten, so I will start again.

Today I cleared a particular corner. There was a low wall (falling down) surrounding a holly bush or two. The path has not been cleared for many years - if ever - and was covered in matted roots, dead leaves and random rubbish that people choose to lob over my garden wall {mr.angry}

It is now cleared and the low wall rebuilt. The bed is much bigger than needed for the holly, so I think I might plant some hostas, as they are not fussy about there being less light than other areas.

Right, now to rediscover how to post photos ;)

This is how I left it yesterday:
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Removed the rubbish:
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Rebuilt the wall:
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It is a 'dry brick' wall ;)
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And cleared the matted roots from the path
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My aches from yesterday now have aches of their own :b(
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You've made a huge impact on the dumping area, Chris. Thanks for the photos.
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Hard work in warm weather! Looking forward to seeing the evolving transformation of a lovely Hosta bed. So many different ones.
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I simply love hostas - maybe I can create a national collection yike*
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Looking good!
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We (well, OH mostly) finished the fence around the vegetable plot. It even has a gateway with an arbour sort of affair over the top.

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I need to do some work on shifting the weeds from the paths between the deep beds yike* )

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A lot to do Chris. It could do to cool down a bit for you to carry on )t'
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Impressive stuff, Chris. I'm showing the photos to OH......

I enjoy the hard work end of gardening more than the weeding and planting because you get the sense of achievement that you must have.
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