Our Gardens

arpie

I am SO sorry to hear of this, @Cath62 - totally heart breaking for you xx

And probably getting hammered again today too.   Just stay safe & take care.  Make a cuppa, sit down & survey the situation & 'chew little chunks' at a time .... 

take care xx Big hugs xx

June1952

Oh, @Cath62, that is soul destroying and today you have even more rain.  As @arpie says, stay safe and then do it bit by bit, you will get there.  As long as you and your family are safe, gardens can be repaired over time.  Thinking of you. 💖

Cath62

Thanks @Locksley, @arpie and @June1952. The garden will take time and we have started repair on it yet. There were lots of debris and branches down so we have done a tip run. The biggest issue for us is the first floor of our home. We had a living area and bedroom flood affected. Floating timber boards ruined, furniture and soft furnishings all ruined. Step by step we will get there. It is exhausting really and heartbreaking. Thank you all for your kind words.

iserbrown

@Cath62
Goodness it's sad to read what happened to your home and garden
Take care

iserbrown

It's March when the Naked Ladies put on a show.  

Cath62

Thanks @iserbrown. It's 2 weeks tomorrow since the rain bomb and we have been cleaning non stop. It will be months before repairs to house are done but at least we are ok. Thanks for caring.

arpie

A couple of clever ideas for small garden areas ..... just using Blocks ....


and pallets ...





And the perfect Garden 'chair' .... 

Locksley

@arpie what about these raised garden beds.  My sister in laws friend grows veggies in these.   I thought they were very clever.

Annie C

Haha -"beds". Now there's food for thought.

iserbrown

Our White Japanese Windflowers

iserbrown

In the heat of January there's some vivid colour from the garden

arpie

It is not often I am proud of my garden, but I think this looks lovely!! Just adding this 'chaff' mulch has just given it a real lift.  The Day Lilies are just gorgeous this time of year too - with a real splash of colour in an otherwise 'green garden' ...

My sister, BIL & SIL all did some weeding in the other garden areas - so now I just have to put the mulch down to try & stop them coming back!!

June1952

@arpie - If you get some cardboard boxes and put a good layer of cardboard down then the mulch on top weeds won't be back in a hurry.  We've hardly done any weeding in 5 years - but we do need to add more mulch every 2nd year as it does break down (no added cardboard, though).

arpie

Ta - my sister suggested the same ... We already had mesh down but over the last 20 years, the previous layers of mulch had broken down virtually to dirt & the weeds grew on top ...... so they were easier to pull out .. but hoping they won't break thru for a good while now ...  I have a stack of the mulch bales ..... so can add to them as well.

Rosie9740

Love this thread