MAKING PATIO SPACE IN THE GARDEN

I like the busy, natural look in a garden, with plants supporting one another, shutting out the weeds (I rarely see weeds in my garden), but I also like some kind of order too.  Since having the garden room built, the top patio, where the old shed used to sit, has felt cramped and very wrong.  Although a small shed of 4 x 3 ft was erected in place of the old 6 x 3 shed, there was little room for the hammock swing which took up more room than I had realised.  The base of it covered a very large area and the cushions filled the new shed.  As I wasn't really using it since the garden room was built, it sadly had to go.  The hammock-swing has been moved around a bit over the years (see images below) but it has been taken to a friend's garden and I am sure that she and her grandchildren will make good use it.  The next step is to decide what to do about the new patio space.  I may remove the raspberry canes and plant something that can be enjoyed all year around. 

Garden Room and small shed with small patio between

Garden Room, small shed, and swing on patio

The weather has been intermittently sunny and showery lately and it does not feel like summer at all, except for the warmth.  It feels like autumn.  It only takes a little sun, however, to make the garden room warm and it feels like a different world in there.  I wonder how it will be over winter.  I wonder how warm the room will be in, say, December, with a bit of sunshine (and luck).






Hammock swing, July 2012

Hammock swing June 2010