Along the Garden Fence

Plantings along the garden fence towards the pergola have changed over the years. First things were very simple - and apart from daffodils and some neglected dahlias there were few major gardening statements. But then...

The Back Fence and Garden - 2004

Gradually the roses grew and learnt to cover the fence rails, and the pergola became more of an objet d'art and less of a bare wooden structure. The garden bed itself was dug gradually wider - and wider...

The Back Fence and Garden - 2006

Below is an early photograph, taken in 1998, of the fence-line garden. It has been put to bed for winter with a blanket of pea-straw. It's hard to imagine how much growth there will be.

Even back then I usually got things far too squashed. And you can see the naked new pergola, looking a little silly, waiting for some clothes.

the back fence and garden - 1998

Great Gardening Disasters

This is the scene of one of the Great Moosey Gardening Disasters. In 1998 there were just a few raspberry canes living against this fence - just a few, you understand. In the autumn of 2004 I spent hours and hours trying to dig the resulting raspberry colony out. Hmm...