Our inherited overgrown jungle is slowly being transformed. Over run with ivy and thorn bushes I am gradually gaining back control using hard landscaping and acres of plastic sheeting beneath newly laid gravel paths. I am no gardener, I think formal design and building are my strengths and the garden is progressing along these lines. All the cast iron guttering is now refurbished and actually working as it should rather than a series of waterfalls around the house. Imminent arrival of in-laws from Mexico has meant a rapid push forward and I think another year in the garden and it will be finished.
Rampant ivy and weeds removed, walls built and re-built. An immaculate scene, but for how long?
The early stages of an eccentric wall build where the stones will become sculptures?
Cast iron guttering, formerly a waterfall over the door due to shot seals and blocked pipework now immaculately refurbished but more importantly leak free