Thursday, May 29, 2008


More kitchen garden (needing weeding)
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Anthony planted shrubs to block the gap - they have taken very well
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Kitchen garden
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The kitchen garden is establising quite well (so are the weeds- these are being sorted this week)
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Copper Beach around the pool
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The copper beaches around the pool are doing well
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Over the pool towards the barn
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Finished pool - still needs gravel around it though
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The row of lavender is still going strong in front of the little house
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Mr Vende has put the gate posts in!
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The pool is now complete!!!! Electric cover working. We are waiting for Bruno to gravel around the rest of it,
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Another angle of the wild flower meadow - not much happening yet...
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This is the wild flower meadow - a little way to go!
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Anthony (France) has strimmed the garden. Still need some weeding done in the kitchen garden
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Thursday, May 22, 2008

Before the gardener arrived to tidy up... the mud area next to the pool should be gravelled tomorrow. The grassy bit will be barked

This area should be covered with bark chippings next week

Sunday, May 11, 2008


This area is being landscaped and we are having bark chippings put down
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The kitchen garden is still alive
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The patio at the end of april. We have found a gardener who is putting sleepers down to keep the gravel in and barking the area between the pool and the kitchen garden
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Friday, April 18, 2008



this is the bit where the hard cover comes out of the pool.

more pool - yet to be finished tiling

more pool - yet to be finished tiling
Tiles down around the pool - we have been on Holiday - just back - they were supposed to have finished the grouting yesterday

Thursday, April 03, 2008

busy at work.

Starting on the next side
Tiles are down on one side.

Stacks of tiles for around the pool
Planning the layout of the tiles.
Hard cover again. It is motorised so you can open or close the pool automatically.

The hard cover is now on.
29th March - Tiles for the pool arrive.

Thursday, March 20, 2008