Making Veddw Garden: part 21 The Cornfield Garden
Yep. We’ve actually made this garden and then remade it three times. Fortunately now the structure seems likely to remain. Can’t be sure of the planting. Those bricks are wonderful [...]
Making Veddw Garden: Part 20. The New Garden
We ran out of names, so: The New Garden: Blue arrow points to the spot. This was an empty space for a very long time, though I did [...]
Making Veddw Garden 19: The Conservatories
We loved that our new house had a conservatory. It looked like this: Grubby. There was no electricity to it. And, sadly, it leaked. We managed at some [...]
Making Veddw Garden, part 18: The Addison Garden.
If you have a biggish garden it becomes necessary to name bits of it. It means you can discuss those bits when you’re not in them, and in an ideal [...]
Making Veddw Garden 17: The Steps.
We just needed a way to get up to the Magnolia Walk. And I had read how important it is to be generous with the width of your paths [...]
Making Veddw 16: The Reflecting Pool
and yes, it came with a disaster or two. The yew hedges grew and the issue arose - what would we fill the spaces that they gave us with? [...]
Making Veddw Garden 14: The Wild Garden
We were wild when everyone else was tame. Here is The Wild Garden with a clunky arrow showing you where you’d find it. Sometimes the idea of clearing ground [...]
Making Veddw 11: The Ruin
No, I'm not referring to myself. Yes - we have a ruined cottage in the garden. Here: at 21 on the plan. I have to add a note about [...]
Making Veddw: 9 What else was going on?
Hard work does not make a great garden. It's just - hard work. Here goes: Charles removed a dripping window. We both removed a spiral staircase: Now it’s [...]