Day 144 - fairy garden

After the mini herb garden was invaded by aliens of the slimy kind I had to investigate ways to protect my plants. The Internet has a lot of great ideas that don't involve outright killing them such as copper coins, to add some personal flair and try something new I made my herbs into a fairy garden. It is still ongoing (I haven't even added in last night's lantern fairy house) but I love it and may have a new addiction. As you can see I glued old copper coins all around the rim encasing my herbs and buried some in the soil.

Day 139 - mini herb garden

Very simple post today, merely planted some already established herbs in a big box and made a home for it. Here is the man giving them a little water while kitty drinks from the jug. 

Day 136 - More patio

This is a slow job, but it is worth it. Just have to pray there is little rain over the next few days so I can get out there and carry on. Thanks to Tam for all her help yesterday, I'm going to need to collect some more stones soon too. Its growing!

Day 132- diy garden patio

Seen as the sun was shining today I got outside and started laying stones for a little path/patio. Its only a small section bur I'm already in love. 

Day 123 - the chaos in the garden

I have been battling with this garden for the past three years.  It spends most of the time in shadow, a haven for creatures of the dark (snails and spiders) and constantly under attack from this killer vine that seeps in through the back and quickly takes over. Yesterday the sun was shining so we spent some out there and soon found ourselves hacking back the vine which was tangled in our lovely blossom tree, and had uprooted the washing line among other destructive things. Just a start. Even the cat is joining in.