Garden Watch: Day Four...
heropress.net 7/16/2009 — Today the first bricks were put down and the paving began to take shape. Obviously it still needs pointing, but we already have a better idea of how the garden will look when it's all finished.

Garden Watch: Day 17...
heropress.net 7/29/2009 — Gary's work in the garden is done, with the addition of boards down the side of the path and at the end of the ( small ) grass area ( to stop the soil collapsing onto the patio ). Rachel has suggested we stain this new wood, which I think is a good idea as it will help make it blend in with ...

Garden Watch: Day Nine...
heropress.net 7/21/2009 — Another productive day in the garden saw most of the pointing get done, for the brick paving that's been set down already. The base for my shed ( aka The Games Centre ) was put in as well, which leaves only the final piece of path down to the back gate and the bottom patio to do. Things are ...

Garden Watch: Day 18...
heropress.net 7/30/2009 — With the garden now complete, it's time to start filling it up! Rachel's parents came over today so that her dad could assemble the small ( or not so small, as it turned out ) tool shed ( above ). While that was being done, a delivery truck arrived with my 6ft by 4ft shed; the parts of which ...

Garden Watch: Day 10
heropress.net 7/22/2009 — Rachel and I were out for most of the day and came back to find Gary had put most of the bricks down for the lower patio. However, we need to talk to him tomorrow about the big differences between the level of the patio and the path as one of the main reasons for getting the garden done was ...

Garden Watch: Day Five...
heropress.net 7/17/2009 — Despite early morning rain, work continues on the garden with more bricks being put in place ( and a bit more soil and shrubbery being removed ). Gary says he'll have an assistant with him next week, which should speed progress up.

Garden Watch: Day Eight...
heropress.net 7/20/2009 — Working solo again, as his assistant was still injured, Gary made great progress in the garden today, extending the path by a considerable amount and setting down the top patio area - where the gas BBQ will ( eventually ) be located. Now we're really starting to get a picture of what the ...

Garden Watch: Day Three...
heropress.net 7/15/2009 — Despite heavy rain showers over night and this morning making our garden increasingly resemble The Somme, Gary managed to modify some of the piping on our back wall so it doesn't look such a mess now. He dug also out a swathe out of the lawn, next to the lower patio, so that when the new patio ...

Garden Watch: Day 16...
heropress.net 7/28/2009 — Heavy rain yesterday morning meant any planned work was scrubbed, but today Gary finished off the pointing of the last bricks on the lower patio and put in two steps (one down to the lower patio and one off of the kitchen door to allow easier access to the garden ). His plan for tomorrow is to ...

Garden Watch: Day One...
heropress.net 7/13/2009 — Work has begun , although was slightly delayed by the skip company delivering the wrong skip to start with, then having to go away again and return with the correct one. The old tool shed has been dismantled. Part of the path ( by the back door ) has been dug up and all the bricks and sand ( ...