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| Before Christmas we decided to do 2 things: 1. build an outdoor seating area in the back corner 2. extend the vegie garden |
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| We marked out the area with the hose |
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| Then sprayed pink stuff on the grass (not very visible here) |
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| The grass-cutter machine we hired didn't work as our grass was too healthy, thick and spongy. This set us back 2 weeks as Meyles had to do it all by hand. It was hard, hot work during Christmas. |
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| Then all of a sudden the basic structure took shape. A mop-top tree was planted to provide afternoon shade, as it grows. |
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| A golden hedge is planted in the loose shape of a number 2. This will provide a sense of a 'room' and distinguish the area from the vegie garden. |
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| Meyles extends the vegie garden and builds more garden beds. Pathways are covered with gravel and root barriers are dug down around beds. Also reticulation systems are installed for automatic watering. |
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| The final layer of gravel is spread. The dark gray colour looks great against the golden hedge. |
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| And it's done! We haven't moved the furniture back into place in this pic. And a BBQ will be housed in some sort of cover yet to be built. That will live to the extreme left of the pic, against the fence. Not sure about other furniture yet. |
That looks like the perfect area for an outdoor spa in my view ;) the colours are great and the simplicity is very effective - interested in why you used gravel and didn't pave the space? You guys will be able to open up a fruit and veg shop soon x Leila
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ReplyDeleteHi Leila! a spa sounds great! (a swim-spa would be even better!) yes! Give me a few months - I will need to work on Meyles for that one ;)) about the gravel, we wanted something less formal/hard-surfacy and the gravel will pack down pretty solidly so that fitted with what we wanted. and also Meyles' fruit & veg shop can now have more attention, as it's been suffering a little during the construction process recently. so he has to make up for lost time and lost productivity! Cyn x
ReplyDeleteHey Jipster! Well...ahem... why thank you!
ReplyDeleteOh you mean the GARDEN!? woops! oh yeah that! thanks! ;))
That's a fabulous transformation in that corner, so much more fluid and inviting. The curved lines really entice you in. Good to see that Meyles snuck in a few more vegie beds while the plans were under construction. Our garden furniture (well apart from those lovely red deck chairs) consists of milk crates. Not recommended! Given your rainfall I'd steer away from wood - our wooden deck table and chairs have suffered through lack of proper care and are showing their age too soon.
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