update

Thought id share the good news, my plants and lawn didnt die, from lack of gardening expertise,,thank god,,,must admit taking an hour morning and night to water is painful but necessary lol,,,nearly finished the pergola , and the pool is due to be put in on the 4th of next month,,council held us up, now thats a suprise,,here r todays pics

green stuff

Finally we have some lawn and plants,,yay,,everything is finished with the landscaping, the big dirt bowl still in the back yard is where the pool is going, pretty happy with the final result, only the pergola at the rear , and we r done,starting that this week end, here r todays pics

looking pretty

Not much happening atm,,,still waiting on landscaping aporoval : so this is where we r up to,,,we have decided to get a pool ,  so anxiuosly awaiting that as well,happy with the front steps,,here r a couple of pics,,,for u cameron lol

Ready for something green

Well i havnt posted for a little while, been busy outside,,yuk ,,but we are just about ready for some green stuff  ,yay, we are waiting from the estate to give us the go ahead  for the garden,,,we have the landscaper coming on saturday to give us advice on plants, then he will order turf, soil,and plants, and them lay and plant it all,,im no gardener, i hope they dont all die,,so i took some pics before and will take some when we have plants and turf,,im very excited we are buying a new mower on saturday,,cant wait to have something to actually mow,,here r todays pics

Getting close

sssooo over retaining,,,,just about finished the front,,,,cant wait to see some greenery instead of dirt everywhere,,,still have half a wall and maybe one final wall down the otherside of the front,,,here r a few pics

Retaining almost done

havnt updated for a little while,,all the rear retaining completed, just finishing off the front,still have to do down the side of the driveway, then driveway will get a paint,then some grass and plants. here r todays pics

Fencing complete

Our lovely new neighbour has finshed all our fencing, we have lapped and capped for the sides and slats made from very hard wood for the front returns,looks great and now to paint the sides a grey colour and white for the slats,,. we also had a go at steps for the front in blocks, will hopefully finish the front retaining wall this weekend,,,wont b too long before plants and grass. here r todays pics