The Veg Plot
Taken at the end of May 2011
Taken in June
A few weeks later
July 2011
A good crop of courgettes ronde.
The Ruin Completely Overgrown
Many years ago the roof collapsed and it was just left to deteriorate,its last use was for keeping a pig and some chickens in.
The Ruin
looks a bit better without the indoor garden
The Ruin
The tops of the walls repaired and a concrete floor laid.
The Ruin
Timbers from the old hayloft used for the roof.
Preparing the floor for concrete
A polythene sheet and insulation going down.
The new room will be a residents' Bar
I am hoping to have draught beers, We will have a large TV showing football and racing.will be open sometime in 2012
Fish Pond
The sides of the pond repaired with concrete.
Fish Pond
The arbor is going up.
Fish Pond
The arbor is finished
Fosse Septique
No mains drainage so we have to put in our own system.
Fosse Septique
The waste water from the house enters 2 tanks with bacteria in them to feed on the human waste,it then enters a network of perforated pipes and filters down through a metre of sand and gravel,it is then picked up by a second network of perforated pipes and exits the filter 99% clean.some of it is stored in an underground tank for watering the garden.
Fosse Septique
Ready to be covered with the final layer of fabric then topsoil.
Deck
Laying the joists for a timber deck.
Outside kitchen
Very handy when on the deck
Firewood Store
We now have somewhere to keep the firewood tidy and dry.
