We've got the privet heading in at the back of the house and I'm going to plant up the box bushes today near the vegetable beds.
Planning permission came through to allow us to remove the spruce tree in the drive and the tree surgeons came last week to take it down. It makes quite a difference! Once the stump is out we'll be extending the bed to the west wall and edging in the stone just like the beds at the front of the house that you can see in the photos.
We decided to go with a full brick wall to screen the garden from the parking area and the bricks arrived on site last week, so that should be going up next week as long as we get a break in the weather so the mortar doesn't freeze.
Next up construction-wise is the pergola over the circular patio and railway sleepers to form the edge of the vegetable beds. Then we'll need to get some more gravel in for the paths around the vegetable beds and start talking to blacksmiths about railings and gates.
Oh and I've got a lawn to lay. Plenty to do!
