My garden construction project

I have had an ongoing project to fix the garden outside the house for the last 3 years, ever since it was necessary to rip out the old steps and garden to waterproof the basement. It's never really been a priority, there was always more fun stuff to do.

The timeline goes something like...

June 2007 - builders remove old garden then disappear for the summer

July 2007 - import friends from UK to rebuild steps

June 2009 - start building garden wall with my brother

May 2010 - finish garden wall

June 2010 - lay last lot of slabs

August 2010 - shovel 10 tonnes of stone into garden for drainage with help of Sandy and Helen

August 2010 - shovel 20 tonnes of earth into garden with help from no-one

Now it just needs to be planted and it will look really nice, just in time to sell the place!

This is how it looked back in 2007, just after the basement was damp proofed
The imported workers!

By the end of 2007, I at least had some steps

Then by 2009 I had a garden wall

And finally ready for some plants

KarmaSotra Summer Party at the Evil Lair 2008

Busy week with lots going on in both jobs. Friday was Party Girl’s master exam which went well, she gave a great presentation and came away with a well deserved B. The examiner was Simon Knight who I haven’t seen for a long time. He came up on Thursday night and we had a great evening catching up.

Culmination of the week was my birthday/summer party on Saturday – lots of folks were away and the weather forecast was pretty dire so it didn’t look like it was going to be one of my better parties. As it turned out it stopped raining on Saturday and had a pretty good turn out. Very pleasant evening on the terrace, no dancing but the drinking went on until 2.30 and there was some hot tub action. So thanks to the guys that turned up and thanks for the presi’s.

Next morning woke up with a moderate hangover and it was raining again – summer in Norway!