New Greenery
Posted: Wed 16 March, 2016 Filed under: Domestic, Getting Organised, House Work 2 Comments »Last summer, I spent some time and money on my house, even though it’s a rented place. Nothing permanent, just some flooring/decking out in the back yard, repainting the wooden fences, and some plants in pots. It was a successful plan, and it looks much better now than it did before.
Over the winter, it’s all been a bit bare, and I’ve been thinking about what to do next with it all.
Today, I left work earlier than usual and went to get some new stuff, more planters and plants, that kind of thing. Some summer and autumn bulbs, a climbing jasmine, clematis, and some other bits.
Once I got home, I got it all planted up and watered, so we’ll see how it all works out. I’m still planning to get some more bits, and repaint the wooden fences again (hopefully with less marks and blobs this time) so it looks better.
As before, it’s all movable – well, except for the painted woodwork, of course. Whether I do move it or not (as and when I move) is a different decision – the plants and pots could easily go, the yard tiling/decking is really only fit for the current yard, so it’s six of one and half a dozen of the other.
In the meantime, though, the aim – assuming a decent spring and summer – will be to have an open space that’s actually usable and comfortable. Hopefully the stuff I’ve now got there is the groundwork for having that this year.
You might as well have it as you like it, even if you won’t stay forever. I’ve found that not doing something I’d like to have done is a regret, later. Which has mostly been planting trees, actually, but then I own this place and should have just done it.
I think there’s a lot of value in planting trees – I’m debating getting a couple to put in Big Pots for my space. They’d be nice, but a bugger to move as and when I naff off to pastures new…