Day Two
This morning was a frosty one. It was -1.3C when I went to get the papers, and it took a while to get above freezing. Fortunately the concrete base was not bovvered. A layer of engineering bricks, which are unexciting apart from the fact that they have holes in them, was laid first. There is probably a really good reason for doing this. The tops of the bricks are level with the surface of the patio, so they won’t be seen when the earth is put back.
A row of engineering bricks to start the pond off
The walling blocks for the pond took a while to arrive. Kebur, our local supplier, was very busy today because the sun came out yesterday so lots of people wanted to do things to their gardens. This is what the pond looked like when it was about half built.
Three courses of the pond
Meanwhile, the edging for the lawn has been progressing.
New patio edging and the start of the lawn edging
At the end of the day, Richard had laid six courses of bricks and Mike had got to the end of the right-hand long side of the lawn edging, but I couldn’t take any pictures because they wrapped it up in cloths and tarpaulins to keep it all nice and warm through the night. One of my blue tarpaulins came in useful because there was such a lot to cover.
Already I can see that the illusion is working. I am not sure how well it will work when looking out through a window, but when you come round the corner after walking down the side passage, you just have to look along the length of the lawn, and the garden really does look longer. Squaring off the edging of the patio really works well. Although I loved the curves, the straight lines look just right with all the rest of the design. I am beginning to think about how I will do the planting. There are bound to be too many plants for the space available, but I can put them in their pots in the places where I think they should go and see how that works. I can hardly wait.