Can't believe how long since I last posted, but here is a little bit about the garden

We have been so busy living in the house, and the weather has mostly been appallingly cold and wet, that it has been difficult to do anything outside. However some dryer days saw Mark creating a fence above the wall to the side of the house, to give us a bit of privacy, reusing fences that were around the house when we bought it.  He has now finished it and we are in the process of putting in climbing plants to cover it.  However, the last two hole digging work revealed, under the slabs and a little earth, more concrete - we will have to investigate more, to see what this concrete is covering!!!!!

We have been purchasing more plants for the planned black and white garden to the side of the front path, and a few plants for the other side, where the grasses are.  Not sure how some of the grasses are doing, the black ones might go back to the black and white garden.

The plants purchased yesterday have been put into position (after I took these photos), but it is too wet (again) to plant them without solidifying the bed they go into.

So, here are a few pictures of the fence, and the gardens:

view from kitchen window

What, a little sunshine

winter flowers by the front door

you can just make out the fencing.....

and here it has some ivy pulled over, a honeysuckle and some new ivies with pretty leaves