Well the project is near to completion thank god !!! working 5 days a week then spending nights and weekends on this is starting to grind. The plus side is I'm feeling fitter although shattered if that makes sense lol.

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IMAG0655.jpg Can you see the panel I've missed thought I'd finished bloody staining :-)

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IMAG0662.jpg IMAG0677.jpgThe path leads up to what we call the secret garden purely because we didn't see this section of the garden prior to purchasing the house.

A couple more pics

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Job Done :-)

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I hope you enjoyed looking at my pics maybe it might inspire someone to do a little garden project themselves this year. All in all it was a very enjoyable process if not a little tiring at times lol.

The icing on the cake has to be seeing my 2 children playing happily for hours on end without me being on edge wondering where the next fall / trip is coming from.

Good job, having done my own garden I know how much effort it is.

One question about astro turf, I was thinking about using it but I hear it attracts cat poo ?

I did mention the cat faeces to the chaps that installed the lawn essentially you just remove the offending item and rinse. The lawn is very quick draining so hosing down is not a problem.

However after having the lawn installed now for 6 months I have yet to find a single piece of cat poo. The only thing that has defecated on the lawn was a fox. Which has since been shot, (it was harassing / killing my chickens)

The lawn also comes with a 10 year guarantee well 15 years guarantee on the main area and 10 year guarantee on the sloped path leading to the secret garden.

Apparantly a lot of people with dogs also buy astro turf as its easier to maintain with the dogs number 2's

Just a side note on the fox, I don't condone needless killing of animals however this was a half breed quite an aggressive one at that and was visiting the garden several times during the day trying to kill the chickens.

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Excellent job matey, should be proud of your self.
Hope the kiddies love it.

Originally Posted by manic01

Excellent job matey, should be proud of your self.
Hope the kiddies love it.

Thank you Manic01 much appreciated

wow what a fantastic job you done !!!
hope your war wounds have healed up now. i need to re do my garden too
wont be anything near as nice as yours
many congrats on the work you've done and i wish you and your family many happy years safely playing together xx

Very good work there pal