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June 2008 - View
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June 2008 - Yup,
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June 2008 - Left border and broken fence |
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June 2008 - Panning right...
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June 2008 - Panning right....
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June 2008 - Panning right...
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June 2008 - Now under the tree and looking back |
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June 2008 - Panning right....
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June 2008 - Panning right...
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June 2008 - Panning right...
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June 2008 - Panning right...
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June 2008 - Panning right....
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June 2008 - Panning right....
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June 2008 - Panning right...
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June 2008 - Panning right...
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June 2008 - Panning right...
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June 2008 - Close-up of left hand border |
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June 2008 - Close up of left hand corner |
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June 2008 - The tree from the back |
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June 2008 - Rear fence and hedge |
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June 2008 - Pretty picture of Conservatory &
Tree |
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June 2008 - The dull opposite corner in shadow |
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June 2008 - Garage end of Garden in full
sunshine |
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June 2008 - Panning right towards the house |
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June 2008 - Back to the sunny bit of the Garden |
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June 2008 - Pan right 90 degrees toward hedge |
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June 2008 - Pan left towards tree... |
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June 2008 - Pan left again towards house |
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April 2009 - the broken fence gets replaced &
mark makes a compost bin with the bits |
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April 2009 - the external wood store with new
gate |
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April 2009 - the new fence that replaced the
broken one |
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April 2009 - the new fence - yet to be painted |
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1) 15th August 2009 - a new addition to the
garden. Liya wanted a Bird Table so her sister-in-law
got her one for her birthday. It came "flat-packed" in a
box. We reckoned that would make it rather too short to
be practical as it wouldn't keep out the predators (ie,
cats). The problem was easily solved by a longer length
of wood that made the Bird Table much higher. Mark
screwed it all together and then painted the substitute
central pole with green wood preserver (that had been
left over from painting the fence). There you have it -
a colour-coordinated fence, bird table and compost heap.
2) Saturday 29th August 2009 - several new
additions to the rear garden include Liya's potted
vegetable patch of Strawberry, Pepper, Aubergine and
Tomato plants. Next to them is a more recent addition -
two new Water Butts fed by the downpipe from the roof.
This should keep Liya's Vegetable Patch in water; hence
saving a trip to the Kitchen.
3) Between the Water Butts and the Garage
there was space for part of the new Wood Pile. This
smaller pile is close to the door where it is easier to
grab a few logs for the stove on a cold, wet, evening.
This is only a buffer stock with most of the wood being
elsewhere....
4) .....the main Wood Pile is actually around
the corner next to the Garage. Milla can be excluded
from this area making it a bit safer to stack more wood
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5) The main Wood Pile for the house down beside
the Garage. There is a Gate at both ends to keep the
little people out and keep them safe from collapsing log
piles. The logs are quite heavy. There is about 1 cubic
meter of hardwood logs here. In a future year we'll
build a more permanent weather shield over top. 6)
8th April 2010 - the scaffolding goes up so that the
Solar Panels can go up.
7) The view from the scaffolding in our rear
garden looking down Hollis Road.
8) Looking over the big tree as we stand on
the scaffolding at roof level in the rear garden. |
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9) View over a neighbour's house in Turners
Drive. 10 & 11) Looking over to Totteridge
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12) 9th April - panels going up. |
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13, 14, 15 & 16) Looking down upon the rear
garden from the roof level. |
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17, 18, 19 & 20) Looking down upon the rear
garden from the roof level. The cardboard was used to
protect the Conservatory roof from debris dropping off
the scaffolding. The Solar Panels came inside these
cardboard boxes. |
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21, 22 & 23) Looking down upon the rear garden
from the roof level.
24) 6th May 2010 - view of the new vegetable
patch being dug on the western end of the garden. |
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25 & 26) 6th May
2010 - the new vegetable patch. The area closest to the
camera has been dug out and all the stones removed. Then
organic matter from the compost heap dug in. The second
patch to the rear is the rest of the compost heap laid
out as a mulch to define the area of the rest of the
vegetable patch. Both areas will eventually be dug over
ready for planting. At this point the Magnolia was cut
back and only left in place because it was the only
thing holding the fence up - note yellow washing line!
In early June 2010 the trees and fence will be ripped
out and a new fence fixed in place.
27) Saturday 5th June 2010 - panoramic shot of
the "new" rear garden. A blank sheet created by ripping
our all the trees, grinding down the stumps and erecting
a new closed-board fence. Compare this photo to "24"
above which is taken from a similar viewpoint.
28) 5th June 2010 - panoramic shot of the rear
garden from the south-eastern corner looking north and
west towards the house. On the left was once the
original row of leylandii trees - now but a memory. |
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29) 5th June 2010 - panoramic view of the rear
garden looking east and north towards the house. All the
old fence panels are piled to the left. These will be
broken up for kindling later. In front of the old
fencing is the compost heap sitting upside down. This
will get a new coat of preservative prior to being
rolled back into the corner of the garden. There is now
much more space! 30) 5th June 2010 - panoramic
shot from the rear of the garage looking away from the
house towards the east and south. The new vegetable
patch is to the right. Compare this shot to the photo in
"26" above which is the same view.
31) Update photo taken on July 25th 2010 similar
to "28" above. 32) Update photo taken on
July 25th 2010 similar to "29" above. |
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33) Update photo taken on July 25th 2010 similar
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