This area is going to be what we refer to as the "working area"; a general place to store and propagate plants, do some potting on and other garden related work, and storage of various tools and equipment. This will become home to two greenhouses as well. One of which has featured on the blog before - once when we moved it and a few more times before for the plants it has contained. This greenhouse was taken down again a couple of weeks ago to move into its final position and will be the smaller of the two greenhouses. It will eventually contain a small pond/quarantine tank for checking the health of any new fish before they are added to the main pond, and as a treatment tank if we need to treat any of our fish for illness. Having this quarantine tank will give the benefit of not needing to put in more chemicals into the main pond. And keeping it in an enclosed space like a greenhouse will help keep the temperature of the water up and stable, as well as clean.
Out goes the glass again
Heaps of old bubble insulation and rusting staging were taken to the recycling centre
The second greenhouse is the larger of the two and we blogged about this quite some time ago when we collected this purchase two years ago (I can't believe it has been that long!!). This larger one will be dedicated to plants. Hopefully if the weather is kind, we will finally be putting this one back together next weekend.
Clearing up once the greenhouse had been moved.
Perfect for a coffee.. (Photo: Catalina
Patio Set fromOldrids and Downtown)
I also want to create a small space for somewhere to sit, after all, potting on plants can be a tiring job and a nice place to sit with a coffee and the paper may well be high on my list of wants!
We do seem to have quite a number of areas to sit in the garden, something that is often commented upon by visitors or our neighbours, however it doesn't feel that there are too many to us, there is simply a place to sit where we may want to have drink and relax within the garden.
Now the first and smaller greenhouse has been moved I was able to complete the wall next to the filter house and add steps down into the working area.
And we also reached another mini-landmark this weekend...
The final small pile of clay/chalk was removed - here being put into small buckets to take to the local tip. This is something of a cause for celebration as the chalk has been such a pain in the garden during the pond built especially with the cats moving it about the place and bringing it into the house on their paws. But now, at long last, it is all gone - Hurrah!!
Gaz