Back Garden Sorted !!!!

Finally we have got round to "sorting out" the back garden. Last year we put in a flower border but left the rest to die off after applying weed killer and strimming.

This year we decided to put down weed suppressor and then lay gravel on top as it is such a huge job to kill off the 2 ft tall weeds and strim it all down after the winter on a yearly basis. The heat kills off the weeds and the ground goes hard if you leave it but it's not really a pretty sight so we decided to get some grunt work done and deal with it! Under the back garden we have a "fossa" which is a soak-away where the sewage and water runs in to and "just in case" we ever have any problems with it, it's advisable not to lay a hard surface on it and so gravel seemed to be the best way to go.
After the weeds had been killed off and strimmed.

Last week we had a full week of incessant rain (well it seemed like it) and then it turned 3 days ago (6th April) and we have been enjoying temperatures of 25/27 degrees and so we have put 2 sun-loungers there and have taken full advantage of an afternoon and sat with a beer, crossword puzzle book and sat back and enjoyed the view!

I am in the process of germinating some flowers and will be putting some plants in and adding a few potted up planters to pretty the back garden up. We also have to buy new garden furniture as we lost 2 tables and a chair after they went flying off the veranda ending up in various parts of the garden after ferocious winds last February.