Ah well ...

The garden chaos has turned into mudbath chaos!

Following a tropical few weeks (honest - no clouds, slight breeze and lots of sun!), our house and garden seems to have been transported to a different place ... rainforest maybe? Monsoon perhaps?

The grass is trying to re-grow from 3ft under! The new plants are loving it but the weather has severely dampened progress.

On the good side, the beans and peas are going well, charging up their poles, and all but 4 of the plants are looking good for getting out of their pots and into the ground. The other 4 have to wait for the spa to be moved before they go in, but they are looking alive still!

Here's some pics of the plants in - the olive and cypress (not Cyprus ha ha - found that out!) trees have taken a wicked beating from the wind this week but still standing and looking good. Possibly very naff water feature also installed - will have to wait and see if is totally naff or not! Also of the start of the base for the spa going down. This has turned out to be one hell of a job as the ground near to the house is solid clay - hmm could that be why the garden was left sloping? Lazy developers didn't want to dig the clay! Not so with Paul - he's been out there giving hell to the stuff and the base is nearly finished (so is Paul). We have used the paving we have replaced with the green/terracotta paving to make the base - seeeee no waste (or expensive skips/removals)!

Very much hoping for friendly weather this weekend so we can get Mr. Sparky in to wire up the spa and lights!