The end of construction

After almost nine months of hard labour the last of the big jobs has now been finished. The first delivery of turf was damaged and although I hoped it would recover almost all of it had to be replaced – which I did in the dark on Friday night (the darker green bits are the few remaining strips from the original turf. As light relief, the next day I set to work laying the gravel. This is Cotswold buff from Jewsons and there is a total of 5 tons on the paths and round the patio (the patio is darker than normal in the photos as it has just rained when I took the photos). It’s a bit dusty at the moment so will only look like it is supposed to after some rain has washed it. I also built a planter out of 50 x 50 lengths of timber which looks pretty smart even if I do say so myself. I put some sweet peas in (Arthur Hellyer) which were desperate to be planted out. I am going to build another one for my Borlotti beans to grow up the other trellis.