http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/john.h.clarke shows the pictures from North Africa

Finally got the roots of the bush out by sawing into sections and smashing with an axe. Next job is to build some more raised beds

Ripping out large bush ready to level the ground and build 2 more raised beds

First carrots

Panorama of the back garden

1 lb of Morello cherries from second year of fan trained tree - the birds ate them all last year.

1 lb of gooseberries from one Invicta bush (first year)

Veg is now growing well

Built a fruit cage for the gooseberries. As our friend Penny says 'you don't want the little gooseberries escaping'

Robotic mower wouldn't work as there was a break in the perimeter wire. Took 5 goes to fiind the break, quartering the circuit and cutting and traxking it down (what a pain)

Finished second raised bed

Nearly completed fruit cage for Morello Cherry (last year the birds ate them all)

Got the robotic lawnmower out for the first time this year and mowed half the garden. Finished varnishing the decking before the rain comes tomorrow

Building raised beds for growing vegetables, a lot of soil to be moved

Decking finished and varnished. Next job is the raised vegetable beds

Nearly finished the decking, difficult angle sections now completed.

Still laying decking now that the conservatory is finished. Searching through reverse dictionaries for a word that defines the 'point where all your cumulative errors come to a head' It's a feature of diy jobs such as laying laminate flooring or decking where all your materials are perfectly regular but your craftsmanship and the room are not so the errors build up and you have to correct it somehow. With laminate flooring you try to get to this point behind the curtains.

Bending over all day plays havoc with my pancreatis