Gardening - a little bit more

The Rockery: we've added some more rocks and placed a few plants in pots to (hopefully) see us over the winter and we might order some sand and more stones to cover the foreground. 

Elsewhere, we have planted some decorative grasses between the house and the workshop, to divide the garden. 

You can see that the soil is not great (we've ordered a soil testing kit - bit late, I know). The steps to the workshop are a temporary measure but just look at the piles of stones raked away from the planted area! 

Between the grasses, we've planted some primroses and a mixed bulb selection for next spring. 

We have also placed some solar-powered lights which look pretty on these dark nights. 

So that's the gardening done for now until the next sunny day over 10° celcius. 

Back to concentrating on interior décor in the run-up to Christmas! 

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Our garden activities are nearing the end for this year as it's now Autumn and not much fun being out there in the cold and rain. On the subject of rain, we've noticed that a couple of areas of patio have dips and some of our steps from patio to studio are not level - the rain forms puddles instead of running off - so this will be another job next spring - somewhat disppointing.

Lots of hoeing and raking has taken place (so many stones!), we've attempted to set up a rockery and some plants have been donated by family and friends. 

Preparing soil:

Rockery project:

Our intention is to put plants towards the middle and back of the area and leave the front as stones and sand, as a kind of patio extension.

Admittedly it just looks like a pile of discarded concrete at the moment!

More hoeing and raking! More photos of plant gifts:

There may be fewer (if any) posts from now to spring so we'll sign off by wishing you all best for the winter!