THE NAUGHTY CORNER

Meanwhile to kill time before the builders turn up, I’ve been refreshing a bit of old wooden trellis with a lick of lime green paint and hatching the next phase of the ‘Special Landscaping Operation’ for the annexing of the back corner region which I plan to convert into a shady oasis complete with raised pond. 

 

Using leftover lime green paint to tart up a trellis

Perfect support for the climbing hydrangea

Firstly, how to get rid of the smelly green compost bin that’s skulking behind the RNLI shed?  With its high domed head, it’s rather like a Vogon; officious looking and getting ready to read you some nonsensical poetry.  Except that it has a rather horrible hairy scary spider inside it.  Don’t do spiders so better leave that one for the other half.

 

Compost bin or Vogon in disguise?

With the Vogon banished into hyperspace (I mean sold on NextDoor), the corner is now clear and ready for the troops to move in.

 

Revamping this corner into a shady oasis with pond

Now earlier I mentioned that my cunning plan for this corner of the world included a raised pond and that empty concrete plinth is the perfect place for my watery feature which will be constructed from decking planks rather like a raised planter and filled with a flexible pond liner.  More about that in the next post.

Cleared space ready for pond construction