Sheal
Well-known member
- Location
- Ross-shire Scotland
- Hardiness zone
- 8a
You may remember I moved house to a village location late July last year (2024) and once settled started on this project below. It's a small garden so I need to make use of every inch. The idea was to remove the wood shed and extend the bed to link with the back garden including space for the little 'dalek' type composter.
The space between the garden and bungalow walls is only 8ft. I'd started to extend the bed to where the composter sits below, then had a change of mind as I didn't like the composter so close to the bungalow.
To move the composter I had to prepare the ground at the far end of the bed to accommodate it and a future small greenhouse. Having moved the arbour ready for dismantling (it was rotting) I then lifted the slabs and moved those 2 1/2 ft towards the shed, bringing them level with the edge of the raised lawn. I turned them over in the process, clean side uppermost. I try to recycle wherever possible in the garden.
The job done and composter re-sited it's almost ready for a greenhouse, but I won't invest in that until next year as there's other things that need to be done in the garden, including reorganising the side bed between bungalow and garden wall. Meanwhile, I dropped the second but last slab and broke the corner off, typical! So I will replace that with another from elsewhere in the garden and at the same time lift the others and relay them as they're not quite level.
The main shed needs refurbishing and roof re-felting so it has a temporary hat. That will have to wait until the weather improves. The smaller shed I've sold already but won't be removed until Spring. It currently holds my lawnmower and electric scarifier and having cleared the main shed of various unnecessary units, that will become home to those.
It's all come to a halt for the time being. During the process of dismantling the arbour I tripped and fell, my knee landing awkwardly on a piece of wood. I'm currently on crutches and x-ray shows nothing broken but I have up to a six week wait for it to heal. Any ideas for someone currently going stir crazy would be welcome please.
The space between the garden and bungalow walls is only 8ft. I'd started to extend the bed to where the composter sits below, then had a change of mind as I didn't like the composter so close to the bungalow.
To move the composter I had to prepare the ground at the far end of the bed to accommodate it and a future small greenhouse. Having moved the arbour ready for dismantling (it was rotting) I then lifted the slabs and moved those 2 1/2 ft towards the shed, bringing them level with the edge of the raised lawn. I turned them over in the process, clean side uppermost. I try to recycle wherever possible in the garden.
The job done and composter re-sited it's almost ready for a greenhouse, but I won't invest in that until next year as there's other things that need to be done in the garden, including reorganising the side bed between bungalow and garden wall. Meanwhile, I dropped the second but last slab and broke the corner off, typical! So I will replace that with another from elsewhere in the garden and at the same time lift the others and relay them as they're not quite level.
The main shed needs refurbishing and roof re-felting so it has a temporary hat. That will have to wait until the weather improves. The smaller shed I've sold already but won't be removed until Spring. It currently holds my lawnmower and electric scarifier and having cleared the main shed of various unnecessary units, that will become home to those.
It's all come to a halt for the time being. During the process of dismantling the arbour I tripped and fell, my knee landing awkwardly on a piece of wood. I'm currently on crutches and x-ray shows nothing broken but I have up to a six week wait for it to heal. Any ideas for someone currently going stir crazy would be welcome please.
That sounds like a very nasty fall !! At least you hadn't broken anything !! Apart from reading about, planning your garden and seed starting, I can't really suggest any stir-crazy-proof activities for you. I always use Emu Oil on bruises and strains. Perhaps that would get you back on your feet a bit faster, but don't baby it too much.
