Front Garden Part Four

Saturday 8th May 2021.... Scott continued to dig out the side bit where he plans to store his trailer when not in use, he is going to reinforce the sides with sleepers before concreting the floor.

Now that most of it is cleared it brings home just how large our front garden is.

And of course, needless to say it started raining!

In between showers he took a load of earth to the landfill and bought some sleepers.

He made a wall with the sleepers, this will help to prevent the earth from sliding.

Sunday 9th May 2021. Scott continued with the front.

He moved the block wall to make it angle out to hide the sleepers from the street side.

Filled behind the wall with some earth to give it stability.

And that was this weekend's work complete.

We got a load of FCR (fine crushed rock) delivered Saturday 15th May which Scott spread into a layer to cover the earth and will be compacted down.

But there wasn't enough to cover the area so Scott ordered another load to come in the afternoon.

Sunday was showery and windy so Scott caught up with his books for work. Once he had finished he started spreading more of the FCR in between showers.

We also lifted the pavers where the bins sit as it was another eyesore and got it prepared to spread some weed mat and leftover FCR.

Stay tuned for part five...yes it takes us a while to get things finished as we don't hire contractors, we do it all ourselves and it gets done in between our every day lives and when we have the spare money to continue.

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