Garden wall idea.

YoungBlueEyes

I do like their stuff, Gertrude is what started my brain whirring Bottomless purse must be coming in the next life time cos I've no sign of it here. Ah well, bicep curls with tins of beans starts tomorrow, moving up to big sacks of tatties, and then cracking on with it ourselves will just have to do ha haa! 

ArbitraryRandom

twopenny said:

Thank Lutchens and Gertrude Jekyll   
Bet you like their stuff and get some ideas. 
You just need a bottomless purse!

I'm doing my best with a very patient builder who doesn't mind me doing it a few grand at a time and changing my mind every 5 mins when I see something new

FreeBear

YoungBlueEyes said:

Yeah I've seen a lot of those videos, some of them are pure brilliant! I totally agree - it's a shame squirrels are so destructive because they're so clever and inventive and entertaining to watch.

Like this one ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFZFjoX2cGg

twopenny

That was excellent FreeBear

YoungBlueEyes

Exactly like that FreeBear! I was even happy to see Phat Gus feeding at the end Fgs.

YoungBlueEyes

Update time.

Sadly I don't have a pic of the middle slice of the garden before himself dug some foundations. But here's where we were at first thing this morning - 

And this is the current situation - 

(Yes I know there's 3 courses on the bottom of the left hand side, but the garden is on a slope so that was Bob the Builder's solution to even it up.) The top of the wall will be level with the even patio so it'll look right in the end.

Himself is currently trying to get the bladdy big screws out of the wood so it can be cut out for the steps to join up to - where the pallets are in the first 2 pics. They're giving him bother because they were never meant to come out... 

Bob is coming back in the morning to finish off :clapping:  It's looking well, I'm happy  

-taff

Looks lovely so far, I see you went for bricks at an angle...Is that going to be a raised bed in between or are you filling in? The bricks are lovely...

And you've sent me off into a world of steps now, I've been looking at images for ages this morning so far...

Farway

Looks good YBE, I like the slanty brick infill

Is there going to be space under the patio for body storage?

YoungBlueEyes

Taff the world of steps is a right wormhole - we'll see you next month ha haa! 

Funny you should mention about space under the patio Farway - he straight out asked me if I wanted a pit digging out after he'd heard the latest round from next door. He even suggested flowers to grow on it that would go a bundle on the extra nutrients He's a funny bu99er, I like him. 

The slanty brick infill was the best way to go apparently, the bricks are that old and crumbly he's having a hell of a job with them. So it's compromises all round but it'll effectively be the same thing in the end. Lovely old bricks and a pretty + unusual wall that is basically the shape I wanted. He doesn't pull his punches when I ask for something unworkable either, which I like. But then he knows what he's talking about cos he is near on 70.  As for our steps - I showed him pictures of things I like...

...he said he'd have a think and see what occurred to him when he sees how many bricks he has left.  His first answer was "why don't you just sell up and move to a National Trust property love?"

Edit to put bu99er in.

-taff

That gave me a laugh, he's spot on isn't he?

I have quite a few roof tiles leftover you know....