My task for today in the garden was working up the top.
These photos might not be interesting to a lot of people, but I want to record my progress as it will be good to look back on hopefully.
I wanted to start clearing the path that runs behind the summer house.
It has become pretty much completely covered.
Starting to make progress.
There IS a path hidden under here, but the rocks over the years have moved down and are now on top of the paving slabs.
Can just see the path starting to show now.
The path then curves up towards the orchard fence line. This is where the rocks have moved down the hill and ended up on the path.
Looking along the path from the other side.
You can now see that the path curves. It curves in lots of places, adds interest I think. It would have been great to have seen what the garden used to look like pre-the people we bought the property from.
I also started to clear along and beside the brick retaining wall that is in front of the summer house.
This is what I have to contend with!
It was hard going, but there was a path along there as well.
This is going down from the large tree at the back.
A path is starting to appear.
I found a good bucket underneath all that shrubbery as well as rubbish!
In the front
My Zinnia (I think that was what I planted) is starting to flower.
My lunch time view.
My loaf of bread turned out a funny shape today, but tasted delicious when I used it to make a sandwich for my lunch.
Rather proud of this yellow courgette!
I did 20 minutes sanding on the bedside cabinet in the afternoon - that is about all I can manage at a time.
So slow progress is being made. I might need to put some more varnish/paint stripper on it.
The guinea pigs spent the day in their outside hutch.
Jeremy and Murphy
Bailey and Felix.
I went for a nice walk late afternoon, before dinner.
Ships passing.
Glistening sea - quite a contrast to the other day.
Cows on the hill
Mostly with their back to me.
Cinnabar Moth caterpillar
Bright colours, probably poisonous
Total walked today: 4.1 miles
So a pretty full day of working hard. Hopefully that will mean I sleep well.
That view is worth all the work.
ReplyDeleteYou have done a lot of work in your garden but the end result will be worth it.
ReplyDeleteYour garden is a bit like the Lost Gardens of Heligan, with all those treasures just waiting for you to uncover them :)
ReplyDeleteWotcha!
ReplyDeleteI think keeping photographic diaries of ones projects is a lovely thing to do. Sal and I have always done so since moving to Woodpeckers. We have had five major structural alterations carried out by various trades and I have completed many myself. It gives great satisfaction and a sense of achievement when looking back as well as being a lovely conversation piece to share with friends. I admire your positive mental attitude and fortitude. I cleared a similar path here once. I removed the soil and found a crazy paved path. I removed that and found another and beneath that another. I haven’t the foggiest why the previous owners had done that. Keep up the good work and keep smiling.