where eagles fear to perch

1.  Garden Tools We bought a cordless lawnmower in June, £100 from Lidl without any batteries or charger.  But I bought this model because...

Since we removed our old greenhouse , we've exposed a four-metre length of the old hawthorn hedge at the northern boundary. Although i...

New Zealand holly bush, olearia macrodonta ... click on any photo for a larger image ...

first of the bright orange poppies ...

When we built our fig tree planter , we packed out the base with layers of bricks to make an inner wall below the soil level, to confine the...

This is the final instalment of our major project to demolish the old greenhouse, clear the space to make a paved courtyard area and build a...

Yet another lockdown garden landscaping project ... Inspired by some new raised beds I saw during a review of the Six-on-Saturday submi...

Following on from our  Part 1  post last week, this is where we left the project. The first post described the process up to completion...

In the early spring of 2013, we built our large greenhouse using 14 shower panels we'd picked up on the cheap.    This 12' x 6...

Back in 2017, our neighbours gave us the outer ring sector stones from a brand new 2.7 metre (9') diameter paving circle - they'd on...

We're currently away on holiday in much warmer climes, but I regularly check out the old homestead via our IP video cameras.   These a...

Well, the winter solstice is with us tomorrow and so things will shortly be on the up again.  Roll on the lighter evenings ... I've be...

Following on from building the pergolas and summerhouse late last year ( see posts passim ),  over the winter and early spring we've sou...