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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey King North Yorkshire on May 19, 2012 at 18:13

So what are you going to make, John

a Torbay sculpture?

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Permalink Reply by John on May 19, 2012 at 18:36

There is an area at the end of the second photo that drops down

to a lower section that needs steps, so I thought it would be nice to

 have a couple of semi circular steps down to this level, making a feature

of them. Steps then lead up to the middle lawn area with the upper bank

overlooking it.

  At the moment we are concentrating on clearing all the rubble etc, that was lying

around the garden making it look so unkempt and uncared for. Once this has been done

we can start to think about Torbay sculptures :)

I will take a photo of all the rubble lying around in the garden that we have piled up at the

bottom of the garden next to the lower road, ready for the skips. 

We were going to do some work on this lawn but our suggestion was ignored.

Hopefully with our mulching lawnmowers things will improve throughout the year.
Geoffrey King North Yorkshire said:

So what are you going to make, John

a Torbay sculpture?

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Permalink Reply by Geoffrey King North Yorkshire on May 19, 2012 at 18:45

Does it annoy you when people say that they want maintenance but their garden is a complete mess?

Yes, I can maintain your mess, it will be a tenner a week, i will gather weed seeds and scatter them randomly about your garden, is that ok?

What they actually mean is they want the garden restored to some beautiful fantasy paradise for the same cost as routine maintenance.

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Permalink Reply by John on May 19, 2012 at 19:55

This garden doesn't fall into that category Geoffrey, as the work

was well defined at the initial meeting.

The previous few garden contractors simply worked around the mess,

and collected their money at the end of the month.

  I cannot subscribe to that sort of mentality, as the mess of the garden

would seriously get me down each week. A few weeks of extreme effort is

then replaced with pleasure as the garden develops, rather than a weekly

draining of the spirit.   

 

Geoffrey King North Yorkshire said:

Does it annoy you when people say that they want maintenance but their garden is a complete mess?

Yes, I can maintain your mess, it will be a tenner a week, i will gather weed seeds and scatter them randomly about your garden, is that ok?

What they actually mean is they want the garden restored to some beautiful fantasy paradise for the same cost as routine maintenance.

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Permalink Reply by John on May 25, 2012 at 19:16

This is the rubbish that was lying around the garden, the strimmer is

there to gauge the scale.

 

 

John www.acegardenservices.co.uk said:

There is an area at the end of the second photo that drops down

to a lower section that needs steps, so I thought it would be nice to

 have a couple of semi circular steps down to this level, making a feature

of them. Steps then lead up to the middle lawn area with the upper bank

overlooking it.

  At the moment we are concentrating on clearing all the rubble etc, that was lying

around the garden making it look so unkempt and uncared for. Once this has been done

we can start to think about Torbay sculptures :)

I will take a photo of all the rubble lying around in the garden that we have piled up at the

bottom of the garden next to the lower road, ready for the skips. 

We were going to do some work on this lawn but our suggestion was ignored.

Hopefully with our mulching lawnmowers things will improve throughout the year.
Geoffrey King North Yorkshire said:

So what are you going to make, John

a Torbay sculpture?

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