Scrubland to side path
Now that my side path is 80% complete I think that I can post.
So before:
lots of god awful leylandii removed and new fence erected - the Mrs wanted a path to the new side door.
Started digging:
She wanted it wider, so I dug out some more
The ground was a shocker, so I decided to lay a whole concrete base to lay the stone on
All laid (forget the wood 'skirting board' - was just thinking of something
Wasn't sure what to do about the manky area at the front, so just skimmed it and quickly found some bricks and made the foundations for a step
I've laid pavers on the step now, but have not taken a picture, which is very unlike me.
I am planning on putting a wood boarder all around (that's what I was trying with the skirting board style in a previous picture) so I've got some 3600x75x225 treated carcassing timber coming next week which I'm quite looking forward to playing around with.
Planning on something like this (apart from not with an old floating shelve and a ceiling tile), so a nice clean edge and a horizontal 'shelf' to put potted plants on.
Will update as I go along / when I remember
Oh, and of course it will all be grouted, but that's the very last thing that I will do
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Comments (17)Very simply, lift the row of `half white` tiles on the right hand side, save them, lift one row of the black tiles and replace the next row of full sized white tiles on the right hand side with the row of white half tiles that you first took out. Then support the `new` edge of white half tiles with a cement infil, to prevent the new narrower path from collapsing on it`s new right hand edge. If you need to `colour` the concrete, use black or grey emulsion paint mixed into the concrete/cement material before you put the cement into place (yes it will work, all emulsion paints are water miscible). Going carefully, the job shouldn`t take more than two or three hours (and twelve hours overnight to let the cement set. DON`T USE FAST SETTING CEMENT!)....See MoreAdvice Please! Living Room Layout (walkway)
Comments (14)Hi Emily no I haven't actually done anything since first posting actually so still really eager for other people's opinions. That is actually the way it was when we viewed the house and I agree with you but it didn't make sense for our lifestyles. We use the dining table to work on the laptops and for sewing and need the daylight from the one window on the left hand side. Also in turn the right hand side is darker and more suitable for movie nights (we have lots). Contrary to the illustration, there are no windows on the wall where the front door is so even the current dining room can be really dark if it is an overcast day...See MoreBlank Canvas, need some help with garden design and path
Comments (7)Hi JC. I think the layout of the path will be quite important as well as deciding which plants to have. It looks like there is a lot of footfall on the lawn next to the patio so I think any path needs to start from here. Had you thought what material you’d like the path to be made out of? The size of the borders will depend on what plants you’d like to have, shrubs and trees will most likely need more space and can encroach on your lawn space. The suggestions above are all good tho and most of them are very hardy and tolerant of most soils. For privacy on the right fence I might go fo one main shrub, perhaps a Lilac and a tallish evergreen. If you get young specimens they’ll adapt to the soil better. In the meantime you could attach some trellis to the fence and grow some climbers such as the clematis Montana, honey suckle or star jasmine. I think the way to pick a planting plan is not to rush it but start with your star attractions first, the larger plants, shrubs or trees, look them up and find out their eventual height and spread. Then the rest you can fill in with the smaller things, like the perennials and bulbs. Be sure to check what conditions each plant likes, sun/shade etc. I bought this plant yesterday at a plant fair, Sambucas nigra ‘black lace’. It can grow very large but can be hacked back quite vigorously with little effect and is very hardy. Good job really as my garden isn’t huge and it’s staying in a container:-) Good luck with your garden, it’s a lovely space....See MoreStraight path in garden?
Comments (8)I think if you can make it a bit more interesting than just a straight, continual path, either in the paving pattern, the planting along the way, a pergola, a seat part way or a slight break in the path mid way all adds to the interest and makes it more about a journey rather than just getting from A to B in the shortest time. Lighting will also be important to consider!...See More
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last yearI finally managed to get some time this weekend to really knuckle down and get this finished. A few aches and pains later I left it like this. Needs some tidying up here-and-there, and some planting, but I'm going to leave it pretty much as is. With the wood left over the wife wants me to build some sort of flower (you can't see where it would go on any of these pictures as that's where I'm standing) should be pretty easy so I'll maybe have a bash at that this forthcoming weekend.
Pictures just before rain stopped play.
Also, I may swap-out the stainless steel flat bracket to some brown ones as they do seem a little bling.
Plan is to have some lavender in the corner (mainly to hopefully cover my dodgy mire-joint) and then some grasses along the fence, with slate over the earth, then some pots with some plants in along the shelf.User
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last yearWell done. Looks great. You are very clever. Plants you can put in the bed are things like Aubretia (purple flowers that will spill over the edge), Thrift, Hardy Geranium Rozanne, creeping Campanula and Erigeron. It’s going to look amazing! Pics below, in order are Erigeron, Campanula, Geranium Rozanne and Aubretia.
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