Arrival of the plants

We planted tomatoes in small green pots from poundstretcher.

Proud owner of the Welsh greenhouse

Currently being used to air clothes, plants to arrive shortly ;)

The finished article

Once finished we invested in a water feature and 3 goldfish which Toozy enjoys watching through the windows.

We now had space for a green house, which amazingly we managed to construct ourselves with the help of the instructions in French which were kindly provided. You can see the beginnings of the construction in the top right of the bottom pic below.

Decking the top.

Decking the width of the garden considerably increased the useable space we previously had .

Decking the garden and digging up the grass...

This took 2 weeks and a lot of hard work. First the patio was extended to the width of the garden.

Redesigning our garden

Last summer we enjoyed some balmy summer nights in our small garden but due to the slope we wanted to redesign it to make use of the space.

Below is a picture of the garden before the renovations began. You can see the lawn slopes considerably.

Chum and Bubba Brown

Our chickens arrived 2 weeks ago. Chum is already laying on a daily basis and will fly on your arm if you hold out some meal worms. Bubba Brown is plucking up the courage to join him. Hopefully Bubba will begin to lay soon.

Toozy

Our cat Toozy (named after an infamous Swansea city supporter) was rescued from a family I work with. He suffers at the paws and jaws of Sooty.

Toozy regularly brings us gifts through the cat flap, these have included moles and squirrels along with the daily mice and rats.

Sooty

Our wowzer (cross between westie and schnauzer).

Very naughty and he barks continuously if another dog or animal crosses his sight!

He is 2 years old now and likes to stay in the kennels when we're away on holiday.

Meeting Mr T


Mr T is a 5 year old Herman tortoise who lives with in a vivarium in my sons room.

His favourite food is Marks & Spencer's pre cut lettuce washed in spring water although more often than not he eats the garden lettuce which we grow in trays for him through out the year.

He is now old enough to venture around the house with out the need of his heat lamp but unfortunately other pets which we have are to keen to play with him.