Old Man Aaron wrote: ↑Tue Jun 17, 2025 6:42 am
What a wonderful garden and railway. There's so much charm and character, everywhere you look.
Good to see Im not the only one who finds old clutter charming and characterful, Iv picked up the chimney pots and other odd bits from skips and cheap at carboot sales.
I get the concrete mushroom houses and other garden ornaments (which are horrifically expensive at garden centres) from a market stall thats sell cheap seconds with minor flaws for a couple of quid which I paint and seal before putting them outside.
The large sink that acts as a planter was another neighbour freebie when they renovated the kitchen, it sits on a cast iron footworked sewing machine table. Got it for a few quid because its got a damaged foot.
The sink fits perfectly and it holds it at a near perfect height to go alongside the railway.
Even most of the plants are grown from cuttings and others like most of my ferns coming from one my neighbours gardens which is quite shady and harbours many naturally established ferns, Im doing him a favour far as hes concerned weeding the newly spored plants from his lawn and transplanting them into my back garden the fill in the shady bare spots under the railway.
A steam propelled life-style.
