CATCHING UP ON LAST YEAR

Well I did not realise so much time had passed since I last put on a post for the garden.

So  mini catch up.

In November we had our old brick outhouse removed and the old cracked and broken patio taken up and a lovely Indian sandstone patio laid in it's place.

This is the awful old paving that was red and yellow and was down when we arrived thirteen years ago , we did not replace it before now because we were trying to decide whether to have a conservatory/ garden room. The white building/wall is an outhouse that the previous owner had permission to remove when he built the extension but never did , but it stops the view of the garden from the french doors.

But we could live with it no more, so got some quotes to have it removed and replaced.

we also had this path replaced due to the amount of grass that kept seeding into the cracks.

so in early November we had a company come in to do all the work.

Over a couple of days the outhouse came down and the old broken paving was taken up and removed.

paving going..

almost done!

This was the pile of stones, paving and bricks that was collected . We had considered saving some money by taking all the outhouse down and the paving up ourselves, when we saw just how much there was we were so glad we'd decided to let them do it!

within a week we were looking out on this lovely sight!

The old brick path replaced by sandstone paving surrounded by a grey brick edge.

Nearly to the far side and round to side gate.

then finished.

Love the colour of the paving when it's wet.

looking from the garden

We replaced the fence panel on the left hand side with a new one and then painted the two different colour brick walls and the fence panel black to match them all together.

Neptune finally got his place back on the wall.

We decided to paint the back of the house black to match in but it was now getting very cold so only managed this part of the wall before we had to stop until the Spring.

The woodwork on the back of the house also needs repainting but it's all waiting on the warmer spring weather.


The paving will be sealed once the warmer weather arrives to protect it from staining and spills.


*********************************************************************************