Wednesday, 16 July 2008

Tweed House

Last week we went back to Murraypark to continue with the garden at Tweed House. At the start of the week we were faced with a big muddy hole with a couple of bits of wood, but we managed quite a transformation.

On Wednesday we were expecting a large delivery of plants, so our first job on Tuesday was to prepare beds to put them in. We had to remove lots of turf and find somewhere to put it before we could dig over the ground and cover it with weed-proof material.

Our plants turned up as promised on Wednesday, so we got as many into the ground as possible straight away. There were a few left for Thursday, but when the bark chippings were delivered late on Thursday morning all the plants were in and we could cover the weed-proof layer and make it look very attractive. It was quite a challenge not to lose sight of some of the plants under the bark, but when they get bigger it will look very colourful.

Between putting all the plants in we managed to continue with the decking. We finished the frame and fixed it into the ground, then started to attach the posts for the handrails to go around the decking. The rain on Thursday held off, so we managed to get all the handrail posts fixed in place and concreted in, and even got some of the decking laid.

There are pictures of our work so far on our picture site. We will be going back next week to finish it off.

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