ANOTHER JOB COMPLETED

 

So we needed a gate for down the garden but the opening was an unusual size. Which meant Paul had to make it Today he went and bought the wood and set to.

It's such a nice sturdy gate I'm wondering if it's stronger than the back gate !!

Front view

and this is where it's to go. It will hide the compost area from the cloisters and also enable us to shut the dogs into this part of the garden if we need to have the back gate open for any length of time or to keep them down with Paul in the potting shed area and not allow them to roam the whole garden trampling on flower beds etc.

This is also the way to the side of the folly and that's the old half gate that's fallen apart and rotted.

This is the gate starting to be fitted in place, it's the pale wooden area in the middle of the photo.

Nearly done.

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The archers window in the folly

Blending in nicely with the fence panel

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So all it needs is a latch/handle, not the bolt Paul bought , because as I said if you are being chased by a dinosaur you don't want to come to a locked gate !  Now we probably have a latch handle somewhere in amongst all those things kept /bought for such a time , but will it be found in that safe place or will it not appear until we have given up and bought another ? Only time will tell . . .  ..

THE MAINTAINANCE WORK CONTINUES

 Having replaced the back fence panel by the back gate, it was time to deal with the other end of the back fencing. We back onto a recreation ground which is cared for by the local parish council. Several years back our next door neighbour asked for the trees at the back of his garden to be removed.

They did this but didn't then look after the piece of ground they were removed from. Maybe they left the tree stumps behind but no one as  bothered to keep this area weed free. This as meant that our back fence panels are covered in ivy, the first photo shows Paul cutting off the massive of ivy that's standing a foot above the panels and dropping down. 

Next Paul had to remove the small fence panel we had put up years back when we needed to stop our dogs having unsupervised access to the ground beyond.

This is some of the ivy removed from the panel.

This is the last panel that fell apart as it was removed due to the ivy having covered its back.

This is a photo of all the brambles and ivy now filling the space behind our garden fence. It's a good ten to twelve foot deep.

Looking behind our neighbours fencing.

Late time we put in a standard four foot panel turned on its side. This time Paul made up a new purpose built panel to fit the space. 

So now the new panel has been fitted and made secure. 

This is the view from the recreation ground looking at our fence panel , what's that ? You cannot see a thing? Exactly! We will be contacting the parish council about clearing out this area, so we can maintain our fencing both sides.

We did not ask until now just in case any hedgehogs were using the area to over winter.

To finish some photos of the wisteria