I have been debating what to do with the reclaimed hen run and am leaning towards low maintenance. With this in mind having a lot of old bricks and a lot of stones which you find as soon as you dig into the soil I have decided to brick and cobble the area with spaces for plants - I am going for the 'Rustic' look and rather making it up as I go along . My neighbour, a man who used a laser level to put his fence and patio in wore a frown whilst looking at my handy work , I am employing what my father referred to as the "rack of the eye" !
Of course no DIY project is complete without the odd flesh wound !- not as bad as it looks - my wife enquired why I wasn't wearing gloves ?
Talking of Mrs K she has been busy renovating the garden seat (something I have been meaning to do over the last 15 years) The dog has to supervise by lying in the hottest place in the garden rather than the shade.
Just to reclaim this blog back to Toy Soldiers - here we see a patrol of Nuevo Ricocian Infantry on the look out for smugglers.
The figures are a few extra 28mm Copplestone Miniatures I have painted up for my Nacho Wars project.
Wouldn't be DIY without a flesh wound Tony.
ReplyDeleteNice to see some toys out in the sunshine.
A blood offering to to goddess of the garden
DeleteAn honourable wound received in the epic rearguard action of human agency against technology: I salute you!
ReplyDeleteMy own fault but can't work with gloves on .
DeleteYou've got a beautiful area there Tony, and I'm sure it will provide you with a great deal of enjoyment as the weather improves! Thanks for the toy soldier pictures, they remind me of childhood times spent outside with my troops!
ReplyDeleteWe are slowly getting things done and the weather is helping.
DeleteI like the rustic look, it's the way I go with my garden, looks like a lived in working garden, not something out of the Chelsea show! I am with you re-gloves, I just cannot work with them and invariably come in from a stint in the garden with cuts and scrapes but prefer it that way! The soldiers look great amongst the flowers, very nice.
ReplyDeleteI like to refer to my garden as 'interesting' , so many end up overdone and look like 1970's telephone exchanges.
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