Summer Project Day 2

This evening I had Matthew home to help, so while I carried on with the decking, he started painting our gate. I managed to oil the side and front of the decking & do a little bit of weeding.

No plans for tomorrow night as we're out. But here's a little bit of what's to come. (Excuse the dodgy sketching!)

I am aiming to bring a bit of colour into the garden & found some great paints by Cuprinol that I'm hoping will do the trick. Fairly sure I'll be fed up of brown by the time the fence is done...

Summer Project Day 1

Don't know how much you can see from this photo - but I have oiled all of the bannister of the decking this evening. A small thing, but progress none-the-less.

A Summer Project

The lovely weather we've had recently has inspired me to get back in the garden (that and we're hoping to have a BBQ on the weekend)! The project I now have on is something we've been talking about doing for a long time, but is likely to be a mamoth task. Never the less - we have started!

The Project
We have a long garden and a fence that runs right the way along one side of it, plus decking, a shed and a mini 'bar' - all of this needs painting, preserving and oiling! And we've finally begun. :)

This is our decking that needs protecting:

This is my mini bar that needs painting:

This is a section of the fence that needs painting - it goes right the way to the top of the garden & across the back:

So there you have it - our Summer project, to be fitted in amongst hen/stag weekends, weddings and other events.

Chickens

This is a photo of some of the ex-battery hens we adopted in July. We have 6 altogether named Delia, Clarissa, Jennifer, Isabella, Fanny & Nigella. (Not that I can really tell one from the other just yet!)

We've had a lot of work go on in our garden lately, including decking being built, the chicken run and there's nearly a built in BBQ. As it's now starting to look a bit more finished we've been inspired to spend a bit of time in the garden, so I have been planning some pots, hanging baskets and containers I want to get and will be heading out on Saturday to get everything I need.

A trip to the Garden Centre

We have decided that this is the year we WILL sort the garden out. We've been living here now for 3 years and it's time we got down to it. We have over £400 worth of garden centre vouchers to spend from our wedding back in June, and a more definite idea of what we want to spend it on.

So in the interest of getting on with things, yesterday I started off some sprouting seeds in my seed sprouter. Namely Rocket and Red Cabbage. A great instant gratification gardening project! I also planted basil, oregano and coriander from a seed set hubby was bought for his birthday.

I have decided to concentrate on herbs this year and see if I can manage to not buy any from a supermarket! They will taste better and think of all the varieties. Matthew will be concentrating on vegatables, but there's one or two I fancy trying. Cherry tomatoes in hanging baskets and Jalepeno peppers (because I can't buy them anywhere), so far. I am also going to start taking more photos!

Return of the Rain

Typical. Just as I get back into gardening the rain returns. So much for our Indian Summer! Or are they meant to last just 8 days?!

Rabbit Topiary

This is how my rabbit topiary started:

This is how it ended up. I am very much looking forward to seeing it grow.


Just have to get a cat frame now so the cats don't get jealous.