The person who came up with the saying that “A problem shared is a problem halved” must have been completely deluded. I’ve been sharing my current problem of weed attack with Bob, my father-in-law, but it doesn’t seem to have halved the problem at all. It did however make the legs and back ache slightly [...]
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A problem shared
Posted in Basset blogging, Garden blogging on February 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Plants are thriving
Posted in Garden blogging, Houseblogging on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Despite the hot weather the garden is starting to thrive with the plants in the beds around the house really setting down roots. It is starting to look like a real garden should. The bees are loving the plants close to the front veranda which makes it difficult for maintenance during the day. [...]
Weed warfare
Posted in Garden blogging, Houseblogging on February 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This week I declared warfare on the weeds on our land. I know that I’ll be fighting a losing battle for years to come but you have to start somewhere.
This decision followed a rather painful lesson in weeding – make sure that your teeshirt meets your shorts at the back. After spending several hours digging [...]
How high can bassets jump?
Posted in Basset blogging, Garden blogging, Houseblogging on January 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
If you want to protect your hard work, and your house and garden, much needs to be done to basset proof it. Of course it’s also important for their own health and safety.
After putting so much effort into planting the new flower beds around the house it was important to break the puppies habit [...]
Houseblogging: plants
Posted in Garden blogging, Houseblogging on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
My parents project since they’ve arrived is to help turn the landscape planting plan into a reality. We’ve been cruising to nurseries and the internet to find the array of plants specified in the plan.
Having tracked down about 100 plants then the challenge of placing them in the right spot started. After lots of tweaking [...]
Houseblogging: it’s starting to look like a garden
Posted in Garden blogging, Houseblogging on December 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It’s quite something to see the lanscapers turn our “cow pat” into the start of a garden. The front flower beds are now in with work in progress to the side of the house. The lawn area is looking good although there is one patch that will need a bit more work as it got [...]
Garden taking shape
Posted in Garden blogging, Houseblogging on November 29, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
There’s been a constant hum of machinery at work this week as the landscaping got underway. The beds have been dug and top soil spread after gypsum goes down to help break down the clay. The lawn and herb garden are also being done.
With the resculpting going on we’ve been able to claw back some [...]
You need vision
Posted in Garden blogging on November 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Our landscape designer is taking no chances – he’s carefully marked out the areas for landscaping and to avoid any doubt, he’s labelled some areas clearly!
They are due to start this week laying the lawn and digging the flower beds. This will at least make the front of the house presentable for our visitors. [...]
houseblogging: more groundworks
Posted in Garden blogging, Houseblogging on October 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
You think we’d shifted enough soil already but no. More needed to make a lawn and also to finish the banking. All needs to be done before the sewage field can be laid. Let’s hope the high winds and dry spell continues.
