I am sure this has happened to you, too. Last night, Pam got the photo albums out, looking for one particular photo. In no time we almost forgot our mission and then started saying "Hey, look at this one, that must have been taken late at night" and "look how much hair you had back then" (that's her talking to me), etc etc. Well, she also unearthed two photos of our garden that were definitely taken within weeks of us moving in here, back in 1991. I have already done a much longer posting on the evolution of this garden back in 2008, but these two photos really capture the original garden perfectly.
The second photo from Pam's treasure trove is taken from the other end of the garden, and look, I've already bought a little black Dalek-style compost bin, virtually as my first move as a gardener. I still have that little bin out the back, serving as the bin in which I keep the 'ready-to-go' compost which I make in my bigger tumbler bin. And look at all that lawn. It's all gone, not a blade of grass out here anymore.
For comparison, here's a panorama photo of the garden taken in January this year. If you click on the photo it should pop up a lot bigger. See what I mean? No lawn. One or two more plants than in the 1991 photos above (hee hee hee). Same old shed and house, but both have been renovated. And I guess in a sense the garden has been renovated, hasn't it?
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Wow! I love a before and after, and yours is fantastic. Thanks for explaining the white trunk thing - I'd always wondered about that. And thanks for the tip on the compost. My dalek-bin is at capacity and I needed a management tip.
It is such a lush transformation, from an average backyard of lawn and a little rim garden, to an abundant garden full of life. There are so many interesting plants and colours to see in the after picture, even if they don't have white stockings. :)
Much better with plants I think. I didn't know they paint the trees... Now I'll be looking out for them painted ones.
What an amazing transformation!
Wow, you've done a lot of work. Looks great. Well done.
It's really gone from short back and sides to beautiful. It's great to see the before and after. Much prefer the after.
If Jim could only see it now! (that white paint story is hilarious!) you've done an amazing job - I was looking at our transformation in 3 years, I can only imagine 20 years from now - wow! <3
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