The story of our garden

All that work resulted to a very, very beautiful garden! Congratulations!

Wow, your garden is beautiful!

That's stunning, Beth! You should be very proud!!!! We pulled out all the bushes at the side of the house this past fall and have a lot of landscaping to do this spring.

Originally Posted by captiva

That's stunning, Beth! You should be very proud!!!! We pulled out all the bushes at the side of the house this past fall and have a lot of landscaping to do this spring.

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Thanks Chris.

Have fun landscaping your garden. Doing the main bit of ours took about 18 months. During the first winter, we looked out over the garden, which had no lawn and piles of rubble everywhere. No paths, just the outline where they were going to go and rubble as the foundations for them. Hubby looked at me and said "What the h*ll have we done?" . But once we started building it up, it was much more comforting and satisfying.

Good luck!

Its just like those before and after pictures in BBC Gardener's world!! you should enter it -they always have a small article on before/afters. (I really enjoy the Bristish gardening magazines!) From one avid gardener to another-you have done an awesome job!!

Originally Posted by maverick_kitten

my pot plant doesnt really compete does it

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Pot plant? Does that mean the same in the UK as it does in the USA?

Sonja, Yayi and Tina - thanks so much.

Thanks a lot Gail. If I entered that, I'd have to scoot round and tidy it up after the winter . It looks a bit sorry for itself at the moment.

Rockcat - pot plant = houseplant i.e. one in a pot. Is that the same?

Here in the states-pot plant we take literally as "marijuana plant"!!!! Otherwise its potted plants.

I thought it might be something like that - you're ok it just means houseplants here.

Originally Posted by flisssweetpea

I hope the pictures were ok and not too much. Please let me know if you had a problem with them.

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I have a problem with them.....
























I"M JEALOUS !

Oh Cindy - you had me worried there for a moment. You're funny.!

Absolutely a wonderful art of work Beth Congrats to you and Hubbie too!
Don´t be Jealousy Cindy ...

Thank you Rigel!

Originally Posted by flisssweetpea

Oh Cindy - you had me worried there for a moment.

You're funny.!

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Heehee, I just couldn't resist, that is beautiful! I've got 25 acres, minus what my home sits on, wanna come see what you can do with it?

Originally Posted by KittenKrazy

Heehee, I just couldn't resist, that is beautiful! I've got 25 acres, minus what my home sits on, wanna come see what you can do with it?

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25 acres!! Wow! I told hubby and he's REALLY jealous. That's his dream. He'd be over like a shot!

Bumping because I'm feeling a little "garden challenged" lately. Plus everyone can look again at the great job Beth and DH did and go ..... ahhhh..... summer is almost here.

Wow. That is some garden. It is all just stunning. Kudos to you.

I am incredibly jealous. I have no green thumb whatsoever, but I love being outdoors. I can only hope to have a garden one day that looks at gorgeous as yours.

That is a lovely garden. I am so upset because my tenants in London have ruined mine by not looking after it. But I am looking forward to starting again when I move to France! I already have plans. I really like your summer house, and hte way diferent parts of hte garden lead into each other - that is hte mark of a good gardener, never mind whether each plant grows - you can always find something else that will grow. But I see that you have dug it over well before planting, and that is also a sign of care. It is fantastic!

Everything is LOVELY! I cannot believe the incrediable amount of progress! Good work!