So when I first saw the patio on returning after many years, it looked tired and sad.. not how I had remembered it as the Sunday gathering braaing with our folks and all the young children.
It was in serious need of a facelift ...We had six weeks to redesign before the children were arriving...
I cannot live without a beautiful garden, no matter the circumstances..it keeps me sane..
I started working on it before I moved in...
Workmen and rubble have taken over my life..
Figuring out how to get the oven on top of the slab..it took many very strong men....
My most faithful handyman pictured below.. he started working with us 30 years ago..
Pallet cladding has taken the industry by storm..
And of course I have planted up herbs in all sorts of containers..
Do you see them growing on this wall too...
Here is the completed look together with some of the delicious food that has been turned out of this gorgeous little oven...
And my pocket garden is beginning to show off....
I enlisted the services of Love story..an NGO project that takes homeless people and trains them in woodwork projects using old pallet material..
I am so please with the outcome.. completed just in time on the Thursday evening before our children arrived home...
Until next time...
Shel
