It's sorted

 Our work in the garage is finished, it took loads of sorting, four trips to the tip, the bigger back section is tidy, we both have our own sections, now everything has it's place again and we know where to find things and hubby still has loads of wood (just in case).

I am really pleased with my second IKEA storage unit, I got 6 of the shallow trays, giving me 4 shallow and 1 double in each carcass, plus 2 of the deeper ones stacked beside. Plenty of useful storage along with two bigger shelves. The top shelf which I can't reach is all hubby's bits, stuff we want out of the reach of the little ones, my feeds and other bits are on the shelf below, still out of reach. 

 The partition is useful for my hanging hand tools, and a few other bits, this space is so much better for me, I can get to everything much easier, at the top is an old rusty rake which belonged to my mum, I ready did not want to pass it on, so I cut the handle and pinned it up there. The four horse brasses belonged to my older brother something I like to see in here. The bin is now on my side, I don't need to access the bigger storage much, so it's sensible to have it there.

Hubby built the two partitions, just a frame with tongue and grove on the front, I had chose green stain for here, but decided I liked it bare, we decided to paint the brick, we already had white masonry paint. I have loads of daft signs on my side, hubby will add bits to his side. The children's garden toys are here as well. For now we will use our loungers, which can be folded if we need the space. 

It's a very sunny spot and perfect on windy days to sit inside, we had ideas to knock the garage down and remove my greenhouse and build across the back of the garden, the estimates were eye watering. The second bonus, I am beginning to struggle with the up and over door, the smaller door was taken out by previous owners. 

We are both happy with this reconfiguration of the space, its nice to look at, which was important, it catches the sun all day, whilst sheltering from the cold breezes, if we sit further back we can be in the shade. Once the new french doors arrive we needed to decide on flooring, we did think of coir or jute, which is expensive so we have ordered so gym flooring interlocking mats, easier to cut and we can use our rug on top. We both have electrical sockets, Alexa works in here as well, unexpectedly our wi-fi reaches outside. 

We have used this space over the hot weekend,  it's nice to have another space to relax in, I'm behind on my veg beds, it won't take long to catch up, I need to get used to working in this heat, plus I won't plant out anything until the temperature drop to their normal levels.

I have no idea what day it is, the little ones had an inset (no school) day on Friday, so far I think I'm on my third Saturday, not that it matters to us. They will all be here later this morning, lots of laughter in our space.

Fruits sorted

 Back in May 2021 I got 5 of these arches off marketplace, I wanted them to make a structure for my blackberries to grow over in front of my shed. It looked good and worked well, until we decided to move all my gardening bits into the garage and dispose of the shed. I did toy with the idea of spreading them out forming a tunnel, but as a working space keeping it clear won out. 

For years the five arches have been along my back fence, unwilling to pass them on, I hoped they would add height to our low fence and as the plants grew and blocked out the back of our neighbours huge pub shed. The only decent photo is this one where you can see the height behind my smaller shed, hubby agreed tall poles would work as well, I got some half price recently. Just one for now will stay behind my shed, I don't require it.

So now they are back working as they should be, just 4 arches from the raspberry bed to the first raised veg bed, I'm pretty sure the poles won't be in my way in the veg bed, I will pop wire along the back side and up to the arch, this should support the canes and the fruits and stop them sagging, making each summer a fruit tunnel. I will also put more supports in the front section so the canes can be controlled and kept upright, the canes grow naturally toward the sun and veg beds, so this should be a lasting solution. 

The 5 arches were free, a young couple had just purchased their first home and was reclaiming their back garden, and passed all the unwanted bits on, they are really sturdy and strong and should last for years here. Hubby used tall poles along the back fence, he redid the spot where we think foxes were trying to get in, a couple of plants were cut back, hopefully they will grow back, the area is behind the garage and can't be seen. There is just one arch behind my tall shed, it can stay there, unless I find another use for it, to remove it would entail moving the shed to get to it.  

As with some of my previous posts, this one has been in pending for ages, I was really unhappy with the raspberry canes this summer they were all squashed together, I had already decided to move the blueberry tub and had a new spot sorted in my mind. So throughout August every time I went to pick raspberries I was thinking, how to sort it, I needed more room and higher support for the berry laden tops. I always look around the garden for what I have, originally the taller poles were for the raspberries, when hubby said he needed to redo the back fence, a plan immerged, and chatting to hubby he agreed it would work and not take too much effort to do and importantly would look good. 

Just a simple mornings work had everything sorted, whilst I sorted the veg beds and placed the arches, hubby did the back fence, I also took away the big nets from my brassicas. Sunday was a breezy, cloudy dry day, perfect weather to get outside, plus we both were fed up sat inside fighting bugs. When we shopped in Sainsbury's we got a cook in the bag chicken crown, just £6.50, daughter cooked one recently,  neither of us like the brown meat on a chicken, there was enough meat for our roast dinner and another meal each, making it a great bargain.

A living fence

This pyracantha in our neighbours garden behind our garage is full of bloom, every time I pop to my composter all I can hear is the buzz of bees, they love these blossoms, later in the year the berries form and then the birds descend for a feast. These berries are orange, I have a smaller plant growing along our fence below, it's a fantastic wildlife attraction. 

My honeysuckle behind my tiny shed is blooming, the scent is wonderful, I took a cutting last year and I now have a second plant, which I will pop in further along this back fence. This area is dense, I have smaller plants further along, which should grow and fill the rest of the space. My white climbing rose is blooming in the far corner, finally my living hedge is growing.

I could not plant my mock orange plant into the ground, not enough root room, there is nothing behind the fence as the garden behind is lower, so I moved a broken big pot here, it's growing well and for the first time I have flowers growing. This area can't be seen from the house, it's purely for me to view and enjoy when I am working close to or in my greenhouse, it's wilder than the rest of the garden, I do love mixed hedges, and this is becoming my version. 

This area was last shown here, at the beginning of the month, hubby has cleared all the dried wood from the wood store, we were not using it, he advertised it on a free site and various people came with bags to take it all away. We have kept the structure of the wood store, hubby made a raised base for the green plastic trays to sit on, the structure was too wide so he popped a dividing wall inside, the trays sit neatly inside, with spare roof tiles stored underneath and bigger items in the other space, I can access everything much easier.

I keep all the plastic pots and saucers in the green trays, I reuse them every year for growing on plants, I was given the trays from our fruit and veg guy, they are very useful. I do tend to hoard bits for the garden, things can always be reused, the frame the trays sit on inside the shelter was made using the old gate posts, which I kept from our refit 18 months ago. The camping table with small plants on will soon be packed away, leaving plenty of space.

We have had plenty of rain and my water buts are full again, everything is growing in the garden, the little ones visited and helped to eat all the ripe strawberries,  there are plenty more to come, we also have picked more rhubarb, my blueberries are forming. Broadbeans and cabbage plants are all doing well, I have flowers on all four of my tomato plants and my cucumber plant, I aim to pull my Japanese onions on the next dry day, I will add to the soil and then plant my runner beans, I got another pot of them from the market, my beans are a no show.

Heart of the garden

 Some photo's you see often, I love these steps to my back working section of the garden, whilst a necessary path, I do like to see colour and blooms in this area, it can still be seen from the house. I have dug out my tulips from their huge pot and popped them into a old compost bag, to die back naturally. This tiny shed holds all my canes and other bits and saves me walking into the garage so often, in the top is nets of different sizes and old compost bags, which I reuse around the garden. 

Green house shelves with loads of seedlings and small plants, flowers for cutting in two bags and my tomato tubs, they will go outside once it's warm enough, along the back is my cacti and succulents, they stay inside all the year. I do use my chair often, normally sat just outside in the shade. 

This is a working side, my small plastic greenhouse, now without it's cover is a useful set of shelves, I have a deep tray on each level to stop water running away. My potting tray is very useful here, so there is always bags of compost, I also keep larger plants in it again to keep the water from running away. On my table through the cooler months are these two begonias, they are now starting to form leaves, soon they will be back out in the garden.

My sweet peas are doing well, I have already had one bloom, there are two buckets with carrots in, and two tubs with cabbage and cauliflowers in, soon my cut flower bags and a couple more bags will line along here. I access my raised bed here now planted with salad bits, which is working well, it's a sunny spot. 

I now have 4 bags with potatoes in, last year I grew in two bags, they have been planted at different times, behind my blackberry bush is bursting into life, it is trained to grow along the garage walls. Here is my big bug house and loads of other bug places. This area gets all them morning sun, but is then shaded and protected from the wind. 

Another full space behind our garage, I have my water butt, a storage place for plastic pots, my composter and a wood store, on the fence side two dustbins for leaf mulch, a system which works well for me. My camping rack is out full of plants ready to be planted out, most of these I am hoping the school will take. In the front corner, not seen is two huge tubs, with flowering plants. For years I had a shed here, but this space works better like this.

I have a section of wall in the garage, I don't need much space, the unit was purchased over 20 years ago for use in our conservatory in our previous house,  now it's full of lots of gardening bits, the handy shelves above store most of my fertilizers away from tiny hands. More compost, and my tub with green waste, which will go into my composter, my trug I was given as a birthday present, I hardly use it, I have a plastic one which is always my first choice, maybe once I have flowers I can cut I will use it.

Every garden has a working heart, this is mine, as with everything I do like to see it tidy, I know where everything is, and I know it's safe for the little ones, they have a huge bucket of toys, their scooters and a bike in the garage, so they do come inside. The main thing is everything is to hand, where I use it, the tiny shed has saved me loads of time and bother as often hubby is working in the garage and I don't have the need to go by him. 

The back corner behind the garage is a bit strange, not all the neighbours fences come together, we looked at putting a panel in but it would have been difficult, so we have put chicken wire across the hole, neither neighbour can view it, I have popped a climbing rose in front in the corner, in hope it stops the foxes getting in, so far it is working. I have been training shrubs to grow along our back fence, so it's starting to look nice. 

I think I might just get a top award for getting the most out of a small space, in the summer some of my paths are full of extra pots and bags, but mainly where I walk, hubby is not a fan of too many pots, so I keep them to my back section. We are doing very little this week, staying at home together, nothing planned for the weekend, lazy days, I can always find something to do outside. 

Shed time

 My shed has arrived, we delayed the delivery until this week, I was expecting a tall box and was surprised on this shape, but as long as it's all there, hubby and I can get it put together so I can place it and fill it. Here I go again getting excited over a small shed, I forgot the word useful as I'm sure it's going to be.

I already had in my mind what was going in here, so it did not take long to sort, my tools stay in the garage and greenhouse, the bits stored in here are used in my veg and fruit sections, it's going to be handy to keep them all in one space close to where I work, mainly all my different poles and canes, the very tall ones don't fit in here. I'm sure the items on the shelf will swap about.

I think this space looks tidy again, it can be seen from the house, sitting on a paver to make it level, it does look wonky in the photo, but the concrete base is very uneven. I will store my various nets in the top section, the hatch is tiny. This area for me has to be pretty as well as hard working.

I have removed the runner beans, for now the bed is resting, soon half will have over wintering broad beans, I have heard of peas you can sow now, so I'm looking for them if not hopefully I can find some spring cabbages plants for the rest of the bed. I have netted the other bed which has leeks this end and Japanese onions in the back section, and one lone cabbage. For now on my back raised bed I have popped all the small pots with cuttings which are growing well, it's a perfect spot for them.

I have got some bulbs from Lidl and the Amaryllis from B&M at only £4.99 it's worth a go, both these packs are for inside, I will wait a while before starting them off, it's good to know I have them, plus pots and compost. I left all my Amaryllis bulbs outside this summer, a few have rotted, but I have 4 bulbs to try and grow again, I've never succeeded in getting flowers a second year, but I still try. 

Now is the time to review my veg section, it has been an expensive first year, I'm not concerned about getting my money back in harvest, that would take years, so we have spent what was needed to make it, and we can live with that. Also I need to consider the elements, the weather made it a cruel season, perfect for slugs and snails, we all fought a huge battle with them.

Overwinter broad beans were brilliant, lovely harvest and garden space cleared for a summer crop, runner beans had a slow start but romped away, I will have less plants next year, potatoes grown in bags worked for me as did carrots. Beetroot took far to long to get any size, so I won't grow them again, I tried courgettes in a bag, which did not do well, they take up to much space to go in a raised bed, parsnips also a slow grower, but I will grow them again as hubby loves them, so I only need a few. 

One main thing I am changing, I grew different veg in long rows, the full length of the beds, from now on I will grow short rows across the bed, the parsnips still in the ground are now in the wrong place, I can work around them, but it will be much easier if I make this one small change. 

I will be able to harvest rhubarb next year, my gooseberry bush is still small, it is looking healthy, all my soft fruits are in their permanent positions. We have been discussing a dwarf apple tree, which would need to go in a huge pot, the cost of a decent tree, pot and compost makes it not a cheap purchase, something we need to decide on.

I am completely happy with our garden, it is everything I wanted and hoped for, I get a buzz out of growing things, but it's not too hard work.

Sadly

With heavy rain due for a few days we decided to pack away our wooden table set on Saturday, the seats are over 20 years old and still in good condition, the table new this year, we store them each winter in our garage, it goes along my wall, which takes away space for me, but as I'm not doing so much it's OK. This space looks huge, all my decorations again are packed away, I do leave out the bunting, lights and a few pots. My Olive tree is looking good after the huge trim I gave it in the spring.

The chairs sit one on top of the other, with the outside toys on top, so on dry days we can still get the toys out. The benches do cause more issues as they sits infront of my unit, I have checked and pulled out anything I might need from the unit, I can still use storage space under and on, which will help. The table has had the legs removed and is in the back of the garage, that's in hubby's space. 

My space outside my greenhouse door does not please me, I've tried a few different bits there, using what I have, but the space is not earning it's keep. I have been missing my shed, it was so convenient to store loads of my tools just where I needed them. The garage space works but every time I want something it's a walk through my garden space, and the same to put things back tidy. So with that in mind I have ordered this tiny shed, it fits the space, keeping my poles and other bits which are just used for the veg section, things I don't want in my greenhouse. 

Hubby has been busy sanding down our stairs, he is removing all the paint, we want (by that I mean me) to stain the upright post and hand rails and paint the spindles and everywhere else white, it's not a fun job, the dust is in every room of the house, hubby does not like doing half jobs, so it's taken a couple of weeks. I've been outside working, the stairs are very cramped so he works alone, Friday we cleaned everywhere, hubby hopes to start painting soon. Then it's the turn of our bedroom, which will be a much simpler job, there is one small build section to be done, then decorate and new carpets.

Most of the garden work is up to date, I'm leaving the flower beds to die back naturally, I will tidy them in the spring. I have my potato bags to empty, most of my pots and buckets are cleaned and packed away. I need to get some onion sets, my favourite garden centre only sell prepacked, so we will pop to a different place to get loose ones. I have a tomato plant to sort and my runner beans, all will go in composter. I have 8 cabbage plant seedlings in my greenhouse, hopefully they will get big enough to go out soon.

A little bit more

I am stitching just 3 of these star squares, there are 9 in the original design, but I think 3 will be enough, I am taking my favourite bits and putting them together, the blue should have been darker, but I think the change works. I love the red flower, I will do another yellow one in this section, there will be loads of different colour flowers around the piece.

I have moved the rose bush forward to the middle, it's a bit early as there is still growth, but as it has not been in the ground for 6 months it should be OK. I have moved a few plants about, this bed should be very colourful next summer. The little green fences are to stop my cats digging their holes to close to the front, for a while they were flicking soil over the slate.

I emptied my black dustbin, it was full of shredded leaves taken from our Magnolia tree late last year. Its the first time I have made leaf mulch, and I am really pleased, the shredding of the huge leaves helped break it down, most of the garden had a good covering of this precious garden waste. Hubby is so pleased he is looking to purchase another dustbin, and make loads more. 

The plant in this huge brown pot went into the back of the rose bed, it will match another one already in there. This geranium came from my little raised bed by the back door, the fuchsias were crowding it out. It looks good in this pot and can easily be moved into the greenhouse in the winter months, if it need protection. 

Not much left in my shed, it's so sad to see it almost empty, quite a lot of this will be going into the greenhouse, some will be thrown, should be empty by the weekend, when we will inspect to see if it's worth trying to pass it on, if not hubby will break it up. I loved having my own space, but now this tiny space behind our garage will have another use.

Monday we sat and watched TV all day, very sad to watch our Queens last procession, but so proud to see all our historic pomp and ceremony, the colours were stunning. Hubby is an ex Welsh guardsman, so he loved all the guardsmen protecting the Queen. The newer generations of the royal family also having a bigger role, life does go on. The history of seeing the cane being broken to be buried with the Queen, first time ever seen on TV and The Princess Royal, Ann standing with her brothers for the princes vigil, first time ever a female has done this.

Tuesday and Wednesday we were at home, I managed an hour in the garden both days, I was exhausted after each time, but pleased to get so much done. I still have the gladiola bulbs to dig out of 2 pots and to put in spring bulbs, that should not take long. I also did some sewing  it helps me rest if I am stitching. I am still full of cold, but I am feeling much better, it's been a horrible week, not sure what bugs I had, but I don't want to see them again, I have everything crossed I have not passed it on, hubby has a cough, hopefully that's all he will get. 

 

Planning

Of all the images shown across social media, I love this one, love never dies, it waits for you to be together again. The image with Paddington leading her to Phillip also is beautiful. 

We popped to the village and Sarah called me into her haberdashery shop, 'just wanted to let you know the Christmas fabric is selling quickly', she only had a few panels left, so I purchased one. It has a front and back panel, and you sew it so you have a hanging item with 24 pockets on, well, that's not what I am doing, no space to hang it. 

I have also been stitching, the heavy rain for most of this week, kept us inside, I have not picked a book to read so I keep stitching. I did a bit of sorting and found a 3rd set of Q snaps, these were bigger than the small ones I am using on the side of my work, so I now have a bigger working space. I mainly finished the colourful panel from my Spanish Sampler and now working on the 10 squares from my chemo cushion.

Hubby has been busy in the garage, sorting and making space, his motorbike is gone and so too are lots of the bits he used. The plan is to clear one side and give me space for my garden stuff, sadly my shed is letting in the rain in the back corner and is really wet and whilst still usable, I don't want the damp to get into my things. This means soon I will have the space behind the garage near the greenhouse, I posted about the space here years ago when installing the shed. 

I am happy when I am making plans, I can't sit still and do nothing, TV does not interest me to be able to watch it all evening, and we never watch daytime TV. So I am planning what to stitch where on my sampler. I also have loads of sewing, things to make so planning a day or two with my sewing machine. 

Also planning how to reuse the space behind the garage, we have already decided the big water but, composter and mulch dustbin and be popped there. We put paving slabs and stones under the base of the shed, so no groundworks. None of this will be done quickly, hubby needs time to rework his garage, then we need to dismantle the shed, the first thing to be moved will be the water but, we need to empty it, and then through the winter months it will refill with rain water. 

I have been taking cutting from around the garden, I want more plants to grow up the 2 exposed fence panels, I have enough colour here to create a nice display. I am doing my cutting differently, in hope they grow stronger, time will tell. 

I'm still not feeling right, if I do the simplest of task, I get really hot and tired, just waiting for results to come through and my next appointment with the doctor. We are having a quiet weekend at home, I'm doing bits outside hubby is in his (soon to be ours) garage.
 

Bottom of the garden.

 This end of the garden is my working area, it's not that big, everything has to work hard to be here, I love my greenhouse, summer and winter it's always in use. The fruit tubs are doing well here, it was a good move. 

 

The raised bed is just giving me the blooms I have been craving, filling this corner with colour, this is often the dumping spot in the garden, normally filled with pots and my garden waste bag. 

 

My shed is a storage space, I have loads in there, in the winter months I store loads more and it's hard to get inside, but I don't normally need much during the cooler months. It does need a paint, I will have a go when the next few sunny days arrive. I love the mix of pots and plants here, it's also the best spot for my Hosta's. 

I have loved my wormery, but it's not big enough for all my garden waste, I have decided to clean it and sell it on, these are not cheap, the plastic is very sturdy, so there is a good 2nd hand value. My new composter will just fit in the space.

This is my new system, I am really excited about this hot bin, it's much smaller than normal composers and just fits into the only space I have, I can put bigger quantities in here and more diverse kitchen waste, with the hope of compost and still worm juice (liquid fertilizer to the rest of you). 

The bin had a 14 day delay stated on the website but was dispatched 2 days after placing my order. I am very hopeful this will help keep our footprint much smaller, all garden and kitchen waste will be made into compost, less purchasing compost in plastic bags, I'm pretty sure I won't make enough compost to stop us having to purchase it. 

I have had plastic compost bins before, but nothing like this, I was pleased to be able to get one with a base, we do suffer with mice in the garden and on occasions rats, and loads of flies, this bin once lid is shut is sealed, and reviews state it works well.

I have watched video's of how to set it up, read on how to keep it hot, we will have our own supply of shredded paper, and dried woody mater (from hubby's blower/sucker machine, which shreds when sucking), we can use the coffee waste from our pot and tea bags, egg shells and fruit skins and cores, and more food items, not that we waste much food. 

Thank you for all your comments regarding the new look to our home, I am much happier with the look, hubby loves his very different garden to mine. 

 

Bottom view

The back of our garden is my working area, the raised section was already done, hubby offered to dig it out when we moved in, but I decided to leave it as it was, the extra height makes it perfect for my greenhouse. All the planting I have added as I have said before the previous owners did not like gardening, the Magnolia tree was the only thing in the garden when we moved in. 

The garage door has always been blocked off, so I have this flat section by the steps, I have popped my succulent glass jar here for now, it's in part shade in the day, so not too hot. I do love my tall old chimney pot here and the baskets of pebbles.

I did some work in this area, adding more grit to the top of the big Acer pot, I love the look here, I have a few pebbles and a black iron candle holder, which looks like a tea room. It's not something many people notice, but I know it's there and it finishes the Oriental look. 

I have redone this sink, I have moved 2 Heuchera plants elsewhere in the garden, planted in the front they had become too huge for this spot. the variegated grass was lost at the back, again it was a case of wrongly planted spot for a small grass. I last planted this sink back in June 2019, seen here, I split my Japanese blood red grass from kirt, and the black grass from in front of my greenhouse. I have used the last of the mixed stones from my old raised bed. I also split the bright green grass, another plant for my sister. 

2 tomato plants, always place them in front of the greenhouse, they catch loads of sun to ripening them, we already have harvest loads. . 

My shed is tucked behind the garage, before this was a wasted space, I love having my gardening storage space so close to my greenhouse. I have trained my cultivated blackberries on an arch, I keep loads of pots in this area, my hosta's love the shade. 

This corner for a while was scruffy, now I have a few pots and it looks better, the back fence has a jasmine growing up it for extra colour.  My Acers are new this year, I have them here, I can see them from the garden, I just need to decide if I will keep them all together or separate them into 2 pots, but until I decide here is a good spot. 

The greenhouse is in a perfect spot, in full sun most of the day, higher than the rest of the garden, and full of lovely plants, cutting and seedlings. I have had my tower pots here outside the greenhouse for years and the Ivy beside it.

I have planted a small white daisy in this pot, I had loads of ideas, even thinking I could make a small water feature, but in the end planting won out, this daisy was in my side bed and not doing to well, so I hope, soon this pot will be full of flowers.

Every garden needs a working area, and I have slowly over the years changed mine to look nicer, I am making full use of every bit of space. Whilst the tomato plants are growing, the garden waste bag sits in front of my shed door, it can't be seen from the seating area, I would like a composter, there is just one spot but it would mean digging out the raised bed, twisting it around, cutting it smaller and refilling, but the top of the composer would be seen from the garden and it would be next to the fence and I already have issues with weeds coming through from next door. 

This year has been a perfect year for gardens, we all have had more time at home, and our summer has flipped from hot and sunny to wet, allowing all the plants to have great growing conditions. We have enjoyed a lovely few days mostly out of the sunshine, my cold is much better, I do love long relaxing days like these. 

I hope you enjoyed the close views from my working area. 

My tidy space

It's taken many days, my greenhouse is now set out how I wanted it, these shelves have loads of cuttings, seeds and plants growing here on the top 2 shelves. The lower shelf is now storage. 

My cucumber plants are growing fast, I can almost watch them grow, this space is perfect for them to spread out. The table in the back corner my sister gifted me, it has 2 stools, one is being used else where, so the empty space has all my seed trays on.

In the middle back is my potting table, it's perfect here, plenty of space, and my tray is now empty, before it has always been full of plants, below is all my clay pots, everything to hand.

In this corner I have an Aeonium plant on the 2nd stool and a nastie pot in front, this is a good way to fill this small corner. 

I ordered 3 of these shelving units from Ikea, all galvanized and perfect for use in the greenhouse. I have popped a water membrane on the top level, this is to stop the glare from the sun. At under £10 each, not too expensive, I have room to add to my collection of nasties.   

We booked a man to collect all our garden waste, bags of soil, some of the frame from the raised bed, it's nice to see this area clear, but already I have a bag of spent compost from my 2 long pots, they have been reworked. My 2 tomato plants will now live here, they always do well, the sun bounces off the glass and helps ripen the fruits. The gooseberry bush has gone, I have put the 2nd tomato plant in the huge pot. 

I have also worked in my shed, loads of things have gone into the greenhouse, and all my ornaments are in the garden. I have a new folding chair hanging, which is for use at this bottom end of the garden. 

Suddenly I have loads of room in the greenhouse, loads of clear floor space and loads of bench space. My potting table is now ready for use, I have never wanted it in the shed, it's just too small in there. 

I cleaned the outside glass of the greenhouse, it looks like new, and is still in great condition. 

Next spring I will have room for loads of trays of bedding plants, this year I struggled, I do have my camping 2 level table I can put up if I need it, I can get 4 seed trays on it. 

I am exhausted but really happy, now I promise I have no big jobs left in the garden, I do have 1 small job for the autumn, hubby agrees it will be an improvement.  

Whilst I have been busy in my area, hubby has sanded one of our wooden garden chairs and stained making it look as good as new, it took 2 days but the chair does look nice. He has another chair, bench and table to do, we are not sure how old the set is, but it's well over 15 years.