Three years on

Isn't transformation amazing! I didn't realise what effort I'd put into my old garden in Essex until I suddenly came across an old photo taken when we first moved in and I was looking at it 11 years later as we were leaving to move here. Did I really do that??!! Well done to you for changing your 'field' into a lovely garden.

Good effort, the drought has obviously affected your lawn and plants. The bird table would be better more centralised, as small birds are always watching for predators so maybe wont come under the trees, where they could be attacked by larger birds.

Ginellie . . . you're a girl after my own heart (I'm a technoprat!), but getting photos in the "right" order doesn't exactly matter too much . .

Your garden is looking terrific, and I love the natural path: you've done wonders.

amazing what 3 years can do , looks wonderfull Ginelli :o))

You have worked hard Ginellie, it looks a completely different garden, I do like the fact you have to meander to see the various beds, it encourages one to investigate to see what is there.
I get in a right pickle sometimes when doing a blog and often have to replace a pic thats in the wrong place, lol.
There is always more tips and ideas to pick up whilst browsing the blogs and pics, also lots of info to be gained by browsing the question pages, I know I`ve learnt a lot since joining Goy...

I love this sort of blog - it just shows what can be done in a relatively short space of time.

Great work.

It looks brilliant ginellie, well done :-))

Thank you all for your comments. I always love looking at all your gardens so I'm glad you enjoyed a little bit of mine. I'll follow your advice Homebird and see what I can do. I don't use the bird table in the summer Diane, that's why it's tucked away. However I do have a huge number, and variety, of birds visiting. This morning a blackbird, starling and sparrow shared the water - only briefly though.

Lovely blog Ginellie, so interesting to see the big changes in only 3 years. I like the triangular beds and the curved path is looking beautiful now things have grown around it. Well done, keep on with the new ideas and maybe there'll be another blog in 3 years time! :o))

Hi Lily, glad you like it. I just decided triangular beds might be a bit different and so I was out there with the spade before I could change my mind. Hopefully there will be an update in 3 years but it would be lovely if we could meet up before then at a Yellow Book Garden near us both.

That's such an amazing transformation, Ginellie, it looks fab...and only in three years! It can only get even better, well done, that's a LOT, of hard work!

Thanks Libet. The digging was hard I must say because it's heavy clay soil, but I added a lot of my own compost this year on the new beds and seems a lot better. I thought I would dig as much as I can while I can!

Yes that would be lovely Ginellie, do let me know if there are any suitable ones in next year's book. :o))