ROCK ON

Back when we re-landscaped the driveway, we discovered a cache of large rocks buried beneath the heather and other foliage out front. Chuck ‘em? Nope. These boulders have languished in the back garden patiently waiting for that landscaping lightbulb to flick on and re-purpose them into something other than a pile of rocks to continually trip over. That moment is here!

With a bit of imagination and some jiggery-pokery, these rocks are going to provide perfect edging for this new pond.

I’ve built my rockery via a combination of adding sieved soil then deciding which rock fits best in the available shaped gap. Rock on. Rock off. Does that one look better over there? Or maybe in a corner?

Adding a rock border

It’s taken a good afternoon to painstakingly work round each side, laying down rocks then carefully filling in gaps to prevent any dirt landing in the rainwater that’s now collected in the bottom of the pond.

Work your way round the frame

To alleviate the monotony, I couldn’t help but add a few plants that I happened to have lying about as I merrily went round. I think planting up en-route helped work out what gaps to leave for greenery to be added later on.

Adding plants along the way

Is that the sound of the kettle boiling? I hope so because all this rock humping and lumping has given me a mammoth thirst, tight quads from kneeling and a right royal pain in the backside. Time to stand up, shake down and admire handiwork.

Almost done

Rockery finished!