by Joy Winstanley | Sep 23, 2015 | blog |
New Bird Feeding Site Next to the stepping stones we have put a bird table and a feeding post. We had been feeding the birds all last winter by hanging the feeder from one of the trees so they soon found the new feeding site. It is now possible to sit in the garden...
by Joy Winstanley | Sep 23, 2015 | blog |
A Fun Place for Children In one corner of the garden there is a place that is full of tree roots. We have found it almost impossible to dig in this area so have decided to add some sections of a tree trunk to act as stepping stones for children to jump across. We will...
by Joy Winstanley | Sep 12, 2015 | blog |
A Splash of Colour The poppies and other wild flowers we sowed at the end of June are still providing a cheerful splash of colour at one corner of the garden. The seeds came from the Lottery project ‘Grow Wild’ and we have several more boxes which we intend to sow...
by Joy Winstanley | Sep 12, 2015 | blog |
New Screening Along one side of the new garden there are the toilets. We thought it might be a good idea to provide a screen across the doors especially as we had received some concerns from visitors. It will also provide somewhere we can grow climbing plants such as...
by Joy Winstanley | Sep 12, 2015 | blog |
Special Features for Garden We are continuing to dig out the bramble roots and dig over the soil but we now are able to think of what special features we can add to the garden and where we can put them. Today we constructed a log pile from wood we have found around...
by Joy Winstanley | Aug 26, 2015 | blog |
Garden Path This week we have been adding a small path to the garden. Paul is making a bench from recycled wood and Ian has started to make a Stump Garden round some of the dead tree stumps in the garden. He dug out some of the compost from the bottom of the compost...
