All summer long we have been looking for a good replacement for out now very rickety picnic bench. Until today nothing was quite right. Then we found these...
We bought two sets so we could have four chairs and two tables. They are lighter than they look, being aluminium, but I hope they will last a few years at least. A real bargain too, with 60% off their regular price. We already ate tea out in the garden on them this evening, and they are quite fabulous, and surprisingly comfortable.
I've always wanted one of those porter trolley-shelf units that you often see in shops. So, when I saw one in the garden centre I was almost delirious with delight... A bonus was that it too was half price - it must have been my lucky day!
I think we will paint it in the same blue colour as our trellis boxes and then I will use it for small painted pots of plants. I think it would be particularly good for succulents that can endure being outdoors in the summer.
We've worked hard on the garden this weekend and have just a few things left to do before winter:- A few seedlings still need planting, particularly some echinacea, coleus and silene. The lawn needs weeding and patch reseeding. That then leaves the final tidying, composting the vegetable plants once they are finished, washing pots ready for next year and general tidying. We just need a couple more dry weekends and it should get done. It all looks so good, we had no idea that we could achieve so much in our first year of proper gardening. And who would believe that we would both end up loving gardening!
Until next time
Gillian
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