Let’s get this garden sorted
12 April 2007
Finally we have decided that we need to sort out the garden. We have lived here for more than 4 years and although we put down a nice block paved patio a couple of years ago we really haven’t done that much else since. When we bought the house the developers had put down a rear lawn but it wasn’t much cop then and its got worse since. The main eyesore however is the perimeter fencing which is bleak to say the least.
We have a choice of either putting up a new fence to screen the existing one or to use some fast growing hedge type plants to do the same job. After much deliberation we have decided on the latter. So the first job is going to be to dig out the borders and at the very least I will need to get myself a wheelbarrow as otherwise its going to be a real pain in the proverbial. The alternative, and the one I much prefer, is to get someone in (”GSI”). I have managed to persuade Jane that a GSI solution might be cheaper than DIY in the long run so a local gardener has been in and is preparing a quote.
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