The Garden...
This house we are in is slowly undergoing a transformation. When we moved in it was an unfinished home, built 20 years ago and had been tennanted out for 15 years. One of the main areas was the garden which had never been landscaped and years of builder's detritus and fill washed down - over 50 cubic metres of soil to be shifted!
the garden before work began.
With the help of an excavator.
To Jasper's delight!!
It isn't easy to see but the house is on the side of a hill, a very streep hill/cliff, so the garden is at roof level to the house. Much has to be moved by hand as the steep site prevents any soil moved out rather it is rearranged!
Bringing down bricks to build the retaining walls - Zoran brought down over 1000 bricks! A hairy job as he dragged then with the help of friends and cousins down an almost 1/2 slope.
Jess did a wonderful landscape plan and we diligently try to adhere to the specs, marking out walls, leveling ground and planning garden beds. Jasper helping at every turn! The brown roof behind the ferns is the roof of our house!
The back of thye house - soil came up to the window sills and from there in a direct line filling up the cliff to the back yard level and had to be removed down to the damp course. A huge job!!
To get from the house to the garden, Zoran and his dad spent a few weeks building stairs!
What a team!
More next time!
Tamsinx
This house we are in is slowly undergoing a transformation. When we moved in it was an unfinished home, built 20 years ago and had been tennanted out for 15 years. One of the main areas was the garden which had never been landscaped and years of builder's detritus and fill washed down - over 50 cubic metres of soil to be shifted!
the garden before work began.
With the help of an excavator.
To Jasper's delight!!
It isn't easy to see but the house is on the side of a hill, a very streep hill/cliff, so the garden is at roof level to the house. Much has to be moved by hand as the steep site prevents any soil moved out rather it is rearranged!
Bringing down bricks to build the retaining walls - Zoran brought down over 1000 bricks! A hairy job as he dragged then with the help of friends and cousins down an almost 1/2 slope.
Jess did a wonderful landscape plan and we diligently try to adhere to the specs, marking out walls, leveling ground and planning garden beds. Jasper helping at every turn! The brown roof behind the ferns is the roof of our house!
The back of thye house - soil came up to the window sills and from there in a direct line filling up the cliff to the back yard level and had to be removed down to the damp course. A huge job!!
To get from the house to the garden, Zoran and his dad spent a few weeks building stairs!
What a team!
More next time!
Tamsinx
posted by Tam x at November 03, 2006
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