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Post by Admin on Dec 31, 2007 16:36:55 GMT
Yes thats what you should do then as other wise you will have weeds popping through that shingle for ever more.. borders full of perrenials will give you lots of colour and a few rose bushes too.I love the cottage garden look where the borders are full and the insects busy.. I am not keen on some of the modern gardens full of pebbles and decking..would much prefer a little pond and loads of colourfull plants.. you could even get trendy and grow veg in amongst your flowers.. wf has been watching too many garden programmes.
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Post by kedigato on Jan 2, 2008 16:40:03 GMT
Mikkel - if you do remove the pebbles and just have a path, then you will have a large piece of the sheeting left over. Wyldeflower's idea of a pond sounds great and you could use both the sheeting and pebbles for it.
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Post by mikkel on Jan 2, 2008 19:46:22 GMT
You are a mind-reader, because I would Love a pond and with Goldfish in, but netted over due to herons and cats round here.
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Post by Admin on Jan 3, 2008 4:54:33 GMT
I made a small pond that cost me £5 i dont have any goldfish though just frogs but the birds love to splash in it too..Having a new garden is very exciting and its nice to do it how you want..and you dont need to spend loads of money..old branches etc make lovely decorative pieces.I cant wait till i get my new garden it will probably be a lawn and a boring border..i will soon liven it up.
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Post by mikkel on Mar 24, 2008 15:13:12 GMT
While we have been off-line as such, we have finally made a start to the front garden and cutting down some darned weeds and other unwanted horrible shrubs that had died off before the autumn. There is still a long way to go yet and so when this cold spell goes away, I can get out there again.
I have a much bigger garden to sort out as well and that is 7.8 miles in length, with a railway track through the middle of it, plus I go to see my elderly Father once a week and do my best to tend his garden, even if I only get to cut the grass.
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Post by mikkel on Apr 3, 2008 18:38:50 GMT
Just as we get started on our garden, so some bad weather is forecast again. We have been spending a couple of hours a time when we get the chance and it is still a long way off how we'd like it yet. No matter how long it takes, we will get there yet.
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Post by Admin on Apr 4, 2008 5:53:19 GMT
Yes the weather is weird we havnt had a hot day here yet and the forcast for the weekend doesnt look good..
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Post by mikkel on Apr 18, 2008 21:51:39 GMT
In order to clean our garden up and get some New flowers in and some we like, I have started by pulling the pathetic looking and sagging Wallflowers up. Next will be the Daffodil bulbs being lifted and transferred, so we can also attempt to get rid of the dammed Mole that keeps disrupting the level of the ground.
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Post by Admin on Apr 20, 2008 4:30:38 GMT
your wallflowers look better than mine do mine are a right mess..nice garden you have suppose if we get any good weather you will enjoy it more.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 21, 2008 2:46:53 GMT
mikkel,
It looks like you have a lovely climbing ivy of some sort in your third picture. I've always been partial to climbing ivy, or any climbing plant for that matter.
The top shrub has quite a mystical quality, against what looks like a foggy backdrop. Very nice.
.jeanne.
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Post by mikkel on Apr 29, 2008 22:45:40 GMT
Sadly I can't give you any photo's of my garden as it is due to being white paged every time I try to 'host' the latest picture, but to enlighten you, all Flowers have now been removed from back fence and so when I can, I Will add another picture.
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Post by Admin on Apr 30, 2008 3:28:57 GMT
yes will look forward to seing them have you tried using photobucket to upload they are good. photobucket.com/we all mainly use photobucket..
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Post by jc on May 6, 2008 22:09:12 GMT
Mikkel, what a lovely garden. Is that a field behind you?
I have found this great bird feeder in a mag that I want to send off for. I will try to get a scan of it. It's right up in the air on a tall stand. Its like a big cage the brds can get in and out of, feed and drink and nothing can get up there, esp cats.
As I have a cat - its hard as I also love to bird watch. We do have the bird food up high, but it falls to the ground, or at least little bits of the food. I see them flu down and worry my cat will see them and pounce.
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Post by mikkel on May 11, 2008 14:22:51 GMT
We have a small meadow behind us and now and again at night, we see a couple of wild rabbits on there. The most unusual 'feeder' we have is a little mouse that climbs the tree, and eats the nuts in the peanut holder.
Yes we do have some ivy, but I intend getting rid of it before it takes a good hold. I was mowing the grass yesterday afternoon and the mower burnt out, so this morning I had to drive 26 miles to get another from the nearest Argos store that I was grateful in the fact it was open so I could finish the job.
Where the wallflowers were, we now have two small plants that will hopefully keep the moles away, plus a Dahlia in between, then more plants to put in when they start growing in their pots.
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Post by kedigato on May 12, 2008 8:37:31 GMT
Mikkel, what are those plants that will hopefully keep the moles away? We could do with some of them over here too.
That birdfeeder sounds nice, JC.
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