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Over the last week I have hooked into the last part of the back 500, a couple of nice grow beds & not a straight line in sight. The beds will be edged with recycled concrete like the rest of the garden. All that is left is the pond embankment and the main garden build is finally done, it's only taken five years of digging.

Looking good mate! I love to do work such as this. Look forward to seeing this develop and believe me the work pays off like nothing else.

The longest, hardest road yields the greatest result.

If only I had a garden to work in (still living with the folks, trying to move out but my Bonsai buying spree never ends)

A month ago I scored a ute load of solid bricks & 2 wks later 2 trailer loads of concrete block & rubble was dropped in my yard...
Finally the main line is complete making future barrow work much easier. There was enough brick to go up & around to the top, the last 5' of path will have to wait for the next lot of brick I come across... Hopefully there will be enough concrete chunks to meet up with the brick path near the side fence. It looks a mess but the walls of the beds are built, the rest will be put into the path once dug to facilitate laying it level. From the other end, another day of work should see the latest sections finished as much as materials allow. Until I get more concrete my next project is to dig the pond another foot or so deeper while it is dry. I intend to keep some of the better clay thats dug to experiment with in pot making, then I just need to find something to do with the other 5 cubic metres of clay

MoGanic wrote:Looking good mate! I love to do work such as this. Look forward to seeing this develop and believe me the work pays off like nothing else.

The longest, hardest road yields the greatest result.

If only I had a garden to work in (still living with the folks, trying to move out but my Bonsai buying spree never ends)

Hey Mo,
Sorry I missed your post earlier & thanks for your kind words. I have built a garden for my parents & other friends but to have my own to go nuts in is something else....

Your spot on about the longest hardest road, its been a 5yr project so far but well worth every bit of slog.
Matt

We used to own a house on an acre and it was all garden. Man that was a job and a half. We sold it and spent 3 yrs travelling around OZ. Now that I'm into bonsai thinking about all the room I used to have and how many trees I would've fitted in an acre
It's hard work but nothing better than sitting back and enjoying the fruits of your labour.

Josh

Hey Josh,
An acre of garden sounds like heaven... I saw your post about your travels & it sounds like soo much fun, I have travelled most of the east coast & inland but never done the round trip, maybe one day. With bonsai it helps to have a heap of ground space for growing stock on, it radically shortens the time needed over pot culture.
Matt

With a good soak early in the week & a cool change having moved thru I was able to get in & finish the next path. I have already had the wheelbarrow up round to see how easy it is to navigate, I have already placed some extra concrete to widen the main part which will make it easier to turn in & out of the side path. I still need a decent load of concrete for the pond edging but as far as paths go I dont need much more. Enough concrete or brick for this 6' section... This 10' section would be best done with brick to match either end. The final 20' length of path will go over the hill & meet up with the path at front of the shade house. I am going to need some decent size slabs to give good footing near the pond edge, if I dont come across suitable material I may have to redesign the retaining wall near the house (it was made from old garden path slabs of good size).