An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 13
M5 Closed
Oh dear not looking good closing a motorway.
M5 Crash
We have been on the road since 7.1
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An insight to the daily life of a garden design and landscaping build up on a rear garden located in Cullompton, Exeter, Devon.
Day 9
Coffee.
Kitchen garden hatchway
The 3m concrete lintels are now bedded down level and the opening
As our garden design and build project in Liphook comes near to completion I thought I would write a quick bit about the brief and what we've done to meet it.
I was called in about 5 and a half weeks ago to quote for a lovely couple in the Liphook are
We are very glad that the weather has been good for us, the last few days have seen us install a row of pleached carpinus to start the final phase of planting on one of our projects.
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Thank you to Stuart Marler from TV
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"I've had exactly the same with 12 large ones I planted last summer. They are alive but showing little sign of any flower buds forming and the leaves are very pale looking despite a feed. In another garden, two I planted 3 years ago on a sunny wall…"
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Good luck to Alex 🙂🌷"
Good luck to Alex 🙂🌷"
"Thanks for all the helpful advice and encouragement. I'm going in tomorrow so will let you know the outcome."
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I bet your Mrs has been writing a long list of jobs for you!😬🤣
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I bet your Mrs has been writing a long list of jobs for you!😬🤣
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Also, thanks for your many posts on this forum - useful many times.
Have fun travelling !!
Mark"
Also, thanks for your many posts on this forum - useful many times.
Have fun travelling !!
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Landscaping in and around Northampton
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