moving forward: the existing plans have arrived
Three weeks ago the technical surveyor came from the architects to measure up the house. He was here →
architects
the world of architects, designs, planning and budgets I knew we wanted an architect to help design the →
trees
Q. Can you have too many trees in your garden? A. Yes, definitely. We inherited approximately 3000 trees when we bought this house. OK, so not that many, but we have half a dozen rowans, two crabapples, an apple tree, a couple of flowering cherries, a twisted willow and a twisted pear, contorted hazel, magnolia, →
Introducing Number Eight 2.0
New home, new project, new neighbours, new challenges. It’s a two bedroom semi, built using local materials and →
fencing round 2
There was a problem with the blog hosting and I couldn’t create new posts. It was so far down our priority list to get it fixed that it’s taken us the best part of a year. Anyway. We’re back now. I’ll update you on all the super exciting* stuff over the next couple of weeks. →
uphill gardening
A before and after photo, lest we forget how far we’ve come. We’ve spent most of the past four weekends working on the garden. Once the landscapers moved out, booyaa painted the fence while I kept Betsy entertained (out of the way and not liable to get herself covered in paint). Then we planted the →
