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The octagonal seating area made from sleepers and gravel. Oh, and Molly, my 'assistant' - great at digging!



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What a lovely garden, i like Molly too :-))

15 Jan, 2010

 

Oh, she will be so pleased! She is very proud and very protective of her plants!

15 Jan, 2010

 

Hello Molly... welcome to GoY :o)

15 Jan, 2010

 

Molly is very happy to meet new doggy pals!....well, not really, she can be a bit choosy to be honest! Always falling out with dogs in the park, it's quite embarrassing really....should have got a labrador!

15 Jan, 2010

 

Great area ... really like that lantern in the middle. Lovely planting as well.

15 Jan, 2010

 

lol that is one thing dogs are good at digging, I use to have a dog use to wait till I planted the plant then go and dig it back up killing each plant, yes patient I am lol.

16 Jan, 2010

 

Nice design :0)

16 Jan, 2010

 

it is a beautiful garden

16 Jan, 2010

 

Thank you all very much!

16 Jan, 2010

 

Heavenly garden,brilliant photo's and a lovely little doggie, thank you for sharing.

16 Jan, 2010

 

Thank you so much Valadel! I am overwhelmed by everyone's enthusiasm and kind encouragements. It's fab to be able to share the garden with you all, when you are all such great gardeners - great!

16 Jan, 2010

 

Ooer, speaking for myself I'm not sure that "great " gardener comes to mind Lol ! but eager, keen,fervent,avid,devoted, and mad,-------- I might buy :o))) Thanks anyway.

17 Jan, 2010

 

Yep, ok Valadel! Mad it is then!

18 Jan, 2010

 

Thats a lovely seating area,a cute little friend as well........

22 Jan, 2010

 

Your garden is beautiful Karen. It's so easy to see that you are a gardener. I like your assistant too, does she do a lot of digging?

30 Jan, 2010

 

Actually, although I like to joke about it, she doesn't! She has dug a small hole in the lawn behind the greenhouse - I'm sure she knew it was naughty and did it there so I wouldn't see it!! She's a really good natured Jackie and the worst she does is pee on the grass and chase the birds, but I trained her to pee on some bark chippings and I usually manage to get her to go there now. She's a lovely little dog really but you'll never get the terrier out of her! She can't help herself where birds and cats are concerned!

30 Jan, 2010

 

lovely,,, hi molly

7 Feb, 2010

 

What is that in the middle of the octagon it looks fantastic i think its a lantern or light of some kind??

27 Feb, 2010

 

Hi Mushy, it is a firepit. It has a shelf on the inside for cooking stuff on. You put the coals in the bottom, just a covered fire really. I bought it on the web but I'm blowed if I can remember which website it was on! Try googling 'chinese fire pit' and you might get it!

27 Feb, 2010

 

Thanks Karen i'll have a look...........Mushy

28 Feb, 2010

 

Brilliant job

2 Nov, 2010

 

Thanks Paul. it is really very different now...funny looking at this pic again and seeing how much it has changed. There is a metal arch now, and the border on the right has been revamped because the drainage there was so poor.

2 Nov, 2010

 

pretty much same as me - the smell of stagnant water is not nice at all which is why the gravel garden took over.

3 Nov, 2010

 

Yes, I am very familiar with that horrible smell when digging over borders. It's even worse when you dig up a clump of old grass that's been rotting in there!!...mmm....lovely ;(

3 Nov, 2010

 

stagnant water has to be the worst smell

3 Nov, 2010

 

YUP! :(

3 Nov, 2010



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