Job's A Good'un

[poliphilo]

They still have to install a new back gate, but otherwise the work is finished.  The yard may no longer be bushy, but it's neat. When Ailz and I inspected it this morning we were happy to find there are still some stocks of ivy and honeysuckle remaining.

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[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

That looks smart! I'm sure the ivy and honeysuckle will soon grown back. They go mad here and I have to keep cutting them back.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

We're pleased with what's been done.

It's a dark little yard and the creepers don't grow as fast as I'd like them to.

[strange-complex.livejournal.com]

That was pretty quick work! It does look good, and I'm glad you're pleased with the results.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Initially they doubted if they'd get it finished before the Easter break. They've done a good job I think.

[halfmoon-mollie.livejournal.com]

It looks nice!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Yes. Now to add some greenery!

[clindau.livejournal.com]

Oh, very nice! It looks peaceful.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Now it's so nicely paved we might well be sitting out there in summer.

[clindau.livejournal.com]

Yes indeed! Or take the rabbits for an outing. They would probably think they've gone to Bunny Nirvana.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Only they'd almost certainly run and hide under the holly bushes- and we'd have the devil's own job retrieving them. :)

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

Nice! Although it loks like that garden wall needs a re-render to match. Hostas might do well in the shade, and Alchemilla mollis. Makes me want to go and watch Gardeners' World!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The wall lets it down. I had that render put on 25 years ago. It was a mistake. Of course, much of it was covered in ivy until a couple of days ago.

A visit to the garden centre is indicated I think.

[oakmouse]

Oh, very nice job! Also a lovely picture of Ailz.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Now we need to restock our flower beds.

[daisytells.livejournal.com]

It looks lovely! Somebody else suggested hostas, and I second that. I'm wondering, too, if you could hang a planter or two from the wall, so as to put some flowering stuff up into the light? Neighbors here on "The Hill" do it, because we have narrow streets, four and five storey buildings, and small yards like yours. Some of the "Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill" are quite well known, and are the focus of a mid-May event - a tour of the said gardens, for which people pay $25 USD. At any rate, a rather spectacular show is possible in these small and shady spaces.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

That's a very good idea- about the planters, I mean; I must look into it.

I'm thinking of having a go at the wall with a hammer- and getting that ugly concrete off.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

A window box for the window on the right?

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Perhaps. There used to be flowerpots there before the great clean-up.

[endlessrarities.livejournal.com]

That's quite a transformation.

Hostas do sound like a very good bet.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

I need to take a trip to the garden centre.

[pondhopper.livejournal.com]

It looks very neat indeed. Honeysuckle is hard to kill. That will surely come back. Have you thought of planting ferns and maybe impatiens, both shade lovers, though the impatiens are annuals.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

The honeysuckle is OK I think. It had put down roots all over the place and some of them have survived.

Maybe we'll go to the garden centre over the Easter weekend.

[mummm.livejournal.com]

That looks wonderful! I know that it would make me very happy.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

It's an opportunity. Now I'm itching to go on a plant buying expedition.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

That looks realy good.

I wasn't too terribly concerned about your ivy. We have tried to kill ours for more than a decade, now, and have never succeeded. It's incredibly tough stuff.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Like bindweed. I once had a garden full of the stuff. It was amazing how fast it grew and how deep the roots went.

[michaleen.livejournal.com]

Tough call, I should think, bindweed vs English ivy.

[suemars.livejournal.com]

i love that, its really beautiful. i love the old brick.

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

Me too. Our house is a hundred years old- exactly.