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GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 10:21

At last!

I posted last summer about our front garden, and the huuuuuge overgrown mass of lots of bushes which is stuck right in the middle. Well, today, our neighbour has moved all the horse fencing, FIL has turned up with the forklift, the bonfire is lit and DP is armed with the chainsaw. Hurray!

I'm posting the 'before' pictures again, in the hope I can follow up with the 'after' pictures this afternoon Grin

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MrsBertBibby · 18/02/2017 10:47

Wow! Those are quite some bushes!

bookbook · 18/02/2017 12:25

watching and waiting :)

PurpleWithaMysteryBun · 18/02/2017 12:30

Following! Front garden is my next project luckily a teeny thing compared to this! Good luck!

GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 13:00

It's gone! Now just to finish clearing up and fit some gates in the gap. FIL going to come back with a digger on another day to make sure all roots are gone, but it's made such a difference already!

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PurpleWithaMysteryBun · 18/02/2017 13:12

An amazing space! I have garden envy. It is going to be beautiful

bookbook · 18/02/2017 13:14

Good Lord! Thats going to take some digging of roots :) And what a fabulous amount of space

GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 13:21

I was out walking with MIL and couldn't believe they'd done it all by the time we got back! Also can't quite believe how much space there is now Confused what are we going to do with it Grin

It is going to be so nice to just walk up the path without getting caught on a bush!

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GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 16:54

That's it done for now. It's made such a difference to the light in the house too.

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bookbook · 18/02/2017 18:07

Thats some crater! - Pond /lake ? Grin

FurbysMakeSexNoises · 18/02/2017 18:10

Wow that's deforestation on a major scale! How thrilling! What's the grand plan?

Weeditandreap · 18/02/2017 18:13

Oh, I remember your thread!

That is indeed some crater and would make a wonderful lake Smile

GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 18:15

DP would love a pond, but we have pets and I think I'd be a bag of nerves Grin - I won't rule it out though! I'm sure they're not stupid enough to fall in.

Have no idea of the plan if I'm honest. I'd assumed another herbaceous bed like I planted up last Autumn further down the garden, but I hadn't quite realised the width of the area! Shock

Ideas on a postcard are most welcome Wink

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Finola1step · 18/02/2017 18:16

Wowsers! Amazing to see what can be achieved in a day.

GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 18:16

I think we are also going to lose the pine tree, sadly. We'd planned to keep it (I hate trees being cut down believe it or not!!) but it's too big for that area really Sad

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RueDeDay · 18/02/2017 18:25

I have a much smaller garden, but had the overgrown leylandii hedge cut a month ago... It was four feet wide at the back, my garden has doubled in width! So satisfying to see such big changes so quickly, isn't it!!

PurpleWithaMysteryBun · 18/02/2017 18:31

How about a seating area? Weed free mat, bark on top, a nice border and table and chairs or lounge set?

GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 18:39

I've just mentioned a pond to DP and he's said a flat no - I think all the work today has been him off anything requiring more work from him Grin

I did wonder about a seating area, but it's the front garden and I'm not sure if it would feel a bit odd to sit out there - we have a seating area on the patio out the back too. Would it be awkward when the postman comes up the path? Grin

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sunnyhills · 18/02/2017 18:47

That's your front garden! Shock

GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 18:54

sunny don't panic, the back is about an eighth of the size Grin (and this size soon loses its novelty when you have to lug your food shopping up it Wink)

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PurpleWithaMysteryBun · 18/02/2017 19:37

I think it looks quite secluded? I was weighing it up in terms of being a front garden.. and it just looks like a nice place to sit and have lunch :)

GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 19:48

It is secluded Purple - I think you might be right that it would be nice to sit out there. It would work quite well at being able to see the comings and goings down on the road too - if I sit out the back, it's easy to forget I can't hear the door or be aware of anyone walking up the garden.

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GinAndOnIt · 18/02/2017 19:48

And I do do rather a lot of sitting these days Grin

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sunnyhills · 18/02/2017 20:09

Gin I thought maybe the staff dealt with stuff like shopping Wink

GinAndOnIt · 19/02/2017 07:26

sunny oh no, they are far too busy polishing the silver Wink

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GinAndOnIt · 19/02/2017 07:28

Has anybody heard from shove? I haven't seen her name pop up in a while, and I'm desperate to show her the transformation Grin

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