New greenhouse

[Eli]

Thank you Cherry, when I've tidied the patio I'll be able to take a better photo from further back, showing the new utility room and kitchen extension, and then you'll be able to see how it fits in  

[balc2]

"Here's the front, with a weird reflection !"  Eli , now we know what you look like!  

[Eli]

I didn't realize I could be seen until I saw the picture balc2, but I thought you already knew what I look like. 

[seaburn]

all looking good Hywel,
you'll spend so much time in there you'll wish there was a bed in it.

[balc2]

Nov 21, 2022 19:49:25 GMT Eli said:

I didn't realize I could be seen until I saw the picture balc2 , but I thought you already knew what I look like. 

I often see reflections of myself in photos I take of the plants on the balcony! As I know that I try to position myself so as not to come out in the pictures - or at least not in an identifying manner!

This is the first time in all the years I've known you that I've seen a picture of you!

[lincslass]

Can see it all better on here Eli, I'm envious and not ashamed to say so, I have to go all the way down the garden to play with mine as you know, except the ones I sneak indoors every winter...

[Eli]

Hi lincslass nice to see you on here
I'll take some better photos after I've cleared the mess.
You have a lovely big greenhouse, I don't think mine is as big.

[balc2]

Eli I'm looking forward to seeing what you have done with all your succulents - you seem to have 100s of them!

[Eli]

Nov 24, 2022 21:36:08 GMT balc2 said:

Eli I'm looking forward to seeing what you have done with all your succulents - you seem to have 100s of them!

Yes I have 100s, I keep taking cuttings, and also every leaf that gets knocked off a plant gets planted in a pot or seed tray with lots of others. This results in 100s of plants. I just can't dispose of plants. 
There are also several succulents and cacti in the house, including about 8 seed trays full of growing leaves. 

[balc2]

Eli I'm as bad as you! That's how I ended up with well over a 100 pots of Amaryllis. Some pots had more than one bulb in them - in fact some had half a dozen or more!( Not flowering size bulbs but bulbs being grown on to flowering size).

[Eli]

Photos of the greenhouse, showing how it fits in with the rest of the house. The extension is new, and I didn't want the greenhouse to look out of place.

There's still a mess caused by things from the old shed but I'm gradually clearing it.







The walls will be rendered in the spring. You can't do that in the winter, and I'm fed up with workmen anyway 

[seaburn]

it looks brilliant now so it will look amazing once rendered etc.

It fits into the rest of the house beautifully. Workmen are great but better to have a rest from then. I know when we have had work done its a lovely feeling to get the place back to your self.

[balc2]

All looking good, Eli! Once the rendering has been applied it will look very nice!

[Eli]

It certainly is Eileen, and although they're very friendly and good workers etc, they were here 3 months building a utility room last autumn, and they've been from June to September this year building a kitchen extension and the greenhouse. I was starting to feel worn out by it all.

Thank you balc2

[grindle]

it's really looking great Eli and fits in perfectly