My Secret Shame
Last year I promised myself that I’d get it sorted. I told myself that it had spent too long unloved. I was going to spend long weekends giving it my undivided attention. I was going to create borders, learn how to grow vegetables, paint the fences and furnish it with lovely pots of plant type things.
This is a public apology to my garden and the poor neighbours who have to put up with it.
I even paid a lovely young man (the next door neighbour’s nephew) to come in and do the labour for me and I have let it grow back. Garden I am sorry, I have failed you.
This is my secret shame…
Gravel shame
This is gravel that I laid this Summer, except I didn’t have enough…and well…it looks rubbish. I haven’t got round to laying more yet 
Border shame
As you can see I laid some gravel and even some attractive mini fence stuff (I’m not sure what the proper name is) but now it’s all become overgrown.
Clematis shame
We decided to clear a large and unsightly (for the majority of the year) clematis, this was the result. Another job to be completed.
Pond shame
I was going to fill the pond with soil and teach Erin how to grow vegetables. That has not happened. As you can see. Shame.
and finally…
Back Garden Shame
Speaks for itself really
Ok that’s it, beat me with a stick…
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honestly our garden is an absolute disgrace at the moment, every time I think I’ll go out there and sort it out it rains, I’m fed up with looking at it.
Oh dear! Never mind – it’s never too late & you cando a little bit at a time. What about getting the children involved? You could plan it over the winter then come the spring….!
Liz, it gets me so stressed, I’m just not built for gardening
jfb57 – We’ve set ourselves a couple of tasks a week, but it’s such a daunting project
Thank you for sharing your shame, it has given me the courage to confess my guilt. My garden – front and back – is a weedy, overgrown disgrace. Now husband and I are in negotiations with a nice young man who promises to remove much growy stuff and put in clear clean bits to plant veg as next year, I promise, I will channel my inner Barbara Good.
Glad I’m not the only one failing Ellen
Goodness, Erica. What on earth have you been doing with your time? *snort*
Something had to give Rosie
I would show you, but taking pictures of my entire house would get dull for you guys. Even worse, our next door neighbour enters his gardens (yes, plural…) into competitions. And wins. Repeatedly.
Lately he’s been politely offering to sort out our garden for us. Reckon we’ve hit rock bottom?
Funny, our neighbours are always giving us helpful advice
I feel bad for them because they are lovely neighbours too.
our garden is very neglected we are supposed to be some decking soon, well weather dependent.
Thanks for sharing
Well we mowed our lawn this week so feeling quite smug….it’s a bit lumpy and patchy yes and I’m sure our neighbours with their manicured, combed 5mm long lawns long at us with shame but hey – something does have to give, exactly!!!
So why was it a sponsored post?! Did your neighbours nephew work for free in return for a mention?! LOL sorry I’ve had a glass of red!
xxx
No, I was paid for the embedded links. Honesty the best policy
Oh I see the how to grow vegetables!! Am learning every day, that’s fab!
Thats what Bank Holiday weekends are for… getting around to the garden…. weather and energy levels permitting