RAISED BED REPAIRS COMPLETED

So Paul reached the last section, which we were reducing in order to be able to walk round to greenhouse.

Originally we were going to reduce this end quite a bit but decided to turn it at the corner, then back to the post, rather than straight across to the post. Saves having to move so much more soil and still allows us to get round to greenhouse.

So still a chuck that needed moving.

Digging out.

Then it was done! All the old rotting wood removed , what was left after so long of it falling down, and new heavy duty boarding along with posts put in.

Here you can see the opening round to the greenhouse.

looking out towards the folly from the corner.

The new bench arrived and I'm very happy with it, it looked quite big at the back in the photos, which at first made me unsure about getting it but is in fact well proportioned and once it's got a nice seat cushion will be a good addition to the garden seating.

 We now need to fill in all the gaps in the path that's occurred due to the altering of the raised bed shape and the opening up as a way through to the greenhouse, you can see a section in above photo. We also have to move the soil in the raised bed around to even it out and fill in the holes made while trying to make space for the new boarding.

The sleeper made wall has now had a coat of black stain along with the capping, that's also been fixed in place, so bringing it in line with the rest of the boarding.

The front long edge

Round towards the back circle, where Paul is now working on putting in the rope topped edging we've bought for the other lower side, his helpers are both on hand to comment on his work! To the left you can see some small paving stones we have bought to use to help fill in the gaps made in the path by the reshaping.

Rope topped edging, without dog in the way.

View from path to lych gate.

So still quite a bit more to do to tidy up the surrounding area but at least the raised bed is no longer spilling all over the path. It's surprising just how much better it all looks now it's done.