Out back

If you look back on my blog garden photo's this is the view you will most often see, for the last 15 years, this was my focus, my space, it's a great space, but it was never all the garden.

This is the most common photo I now take and show, from the gates, the entrance to the garden and our seating area, the space is huge. 

Most of the time living here, this area was just a drive, so hubby could get his motorbike into the garage, I did create the side bed for some colour, but this was never part of my garden. 

A much softer look, without the huge decking, this area is much nicer, sadly we don't use our patio doors at this time of year, too many flies about. 

This is a view I now enjoy, again showing how big our garden is, plenty of space for each area, loads of family space. 

This view I have shown before, now it looks much better, so much growing in this back section. 

Hubby decided himself to stop riding his motorbike and sell it, which gave me space in the garage for my garden stuff, I could then remove my damp shed from behind the garage and used it as a working area for my composter and other bins. This opened up the garden refit, hubby had always wanted to remove the ugly decking.

I love my happy garden space, on many levels, I love to be growing things to eat, the buzz of the smallest harvest is wonderful, making compost and leaf mulch, to recycle everything to feed our soil. I also love to sit outside with hubby, we watch loads of small birds, hubby is in charge of the bird feeders, he ensures they are always full, and the many water spots as well. We both love to sit inside at night and see the garden lit up by our solar lights, completely different view, we even enjoy the other seasons, where we watch the garden from our comfortable chairs. I even enjoy watering, mainly early evening, it's a chance to look at everything as I water, I never rush this task, it's as good for me as it is for the plants.