a quick update

It is funny to think that the original time table was to have the workshop built May bank holidays, so I thought it was time for an update on plans.

With the space cleared it was poassible to set out some options for the new bed.

Even at this time of year it gets the last of the evening sun, so is going to be a lovely place to sit and enjoy a drink or two.

Then onto the new terrace, leveling and setting out the slabs to see what they look like. This is where the old garage was, so the ground apart from being very compact is full of rubble. Great for a patio, terrible for digging flower beds, we have already removed 15 bags full of rubble, with more still to go.

We lived with this for a while, then the slabs were layed properly. One thing that still has to be worked out is the interchange between the gravel path and the slabs.

This bed has been named the paisley bed, for obvious reasons. With this section finished, we can plant the whole way around to join the up with the main flower bed. Moving the greenhouse can wait. Two of the three trees are already here: the olive, and a nice palm tree.  The third is proving elusive, a strawberry tree, Arbutus 'Marina'. Ultimately it will go where the greenhouse currently is, when I manage to track one down and the greenhouse is moved.

It is going to be a summer of moves.