FILLING IN THE GAPS

 So one of the jobs needing doing, is filling in the gaps made by changing the shape of the raised bed.

So Paul removed some soil to make room for the sand bed and the paving. In our plan to use what was available, we luckily already had some bags of sand left over from when the pond base was laid.

After a search about we found some old smallish grey paving slabs which had been used in the flower garden, then removed for the new shape. Along with some other grey sandstone pavers and a couple of granite setts.

I'm pleased to say we found enough to fill the two large semi circles.

It stands out at the moment, a little like a sore thumb, but once the cement dust gets washed off in the rain and it's been down a while , it will blend in especially when the plants are hanging over the sides of the raised bed.

I'd have loved to just use more granite sett but they now cost £2.50 each one! 

and look what I've found ! The three roped top edging we need to finish the other end of this border! So we can replace these with the lighter grey floral faced edging. So that's a plus, no added costs and a nice finish to the other side of this border.