The garden we made for ourselves

The garden as it started to come together. (Thanks Jasper.)Son, dog, hens, raised bed. It’s all there.

I made a little home for the guinea pigs in here. They came out every day and mowed the lawn for me. No, by eating it, they couldn’t start the mower. And they fertilised it as they went. Really. Guinea pigs make for great lawns.

Cabbages, herbs, flowers…

It was a place to experiment, find varieties that worked…

…and to see how they mixed together…

Such transient beauty

A romantic garden in a communal space

First, the heavy lifting. Paving and Pergola. Here’s Tim scrubbing the mixer. Legend!

Then the arty bit. Placing and planting.

Six months later…

A secret hideaway. Soon the windows behind the bench will completely disappear.

Unrestrained planting this time.

Now, where did that pergola get to?