Plants 2012 and 2013

 

 

 

 

 

The 2013 Spring and Summer projects

Heather bed prior to planting in April

 

Heather bed in September

 

 

Handrail now all the way up to the Bee Terrace

 

 

 

Looking down from the bee terrace, note the old cotoneaster by the plank on the right hand side of the shot

By September the cotoneaster reduced to a small bush and the "Pulpit" built








                            

                                        Bee Terrace, late May





Completed "Pulpit" at the end of the path

 



The "Pulpit" 

 

                                                          View from the "Pulpit"    
 

View of the garden from the harbour 

 

Steps at rear prior to the building of the bike shed 





                                                             Completed bike shed

More Terraces On Phase Two

 Constuction of terraces continues during January

 Being built on either side of the aspargus and strawberry beds which were built last year

 Every bit of soil moving generates more stones and rocks

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Work spreading out from the "Bee Terrace"

Starting to look a bit like a collection of large window boxes without a window





 



Still no hand-rail though

Access steps for the strawberry bed

Cold frame proved very useful this winter

 

A Summary Of Progress In 2012

A Summary Of Progress In 2012

Whilst phase 2 was to wait until 2013 to be tackled seriously there were a few aspects that needed more urgent attention. One was to clear some of the old brambles, bracken and odd elderberry bush and the dry March proved an ideal time to do this, in this picture can be seen a elder stump with a incinerator made from some old wire link fencing found on the land.

 Getting up the slope needed more steps to be built

 Daffodils flowering in March at the top of the site

Horizontal paths were roughly formed with their routes being dictated somewhat by the existing tree planting

 A small scree bed was planted just above the sun terrace

As we were due to get a bee hive in the summer it was decided that a terrace at the top of the garden should be created (The Bee Terrace)

 Two beds were made, one for asparagus and one for strawberries

 Asparagus and strawberry beds

 More steps under construction to get to the bee terrace

 When you get to the top you need a sit down

 Mind you, the view from the seat isn't too bad

 In some parts of the garden the only way to get to it is with the aid of a rope

 Bee terrace in summer

 Steps going down from the bee terrace, no hand rail yet, a 2013 task

 

Horizontal paths a bit more refined with a layer of stones, something the ground is not short of