Newmarket Suffolk
Rubbish being cleared from the garden and a few pots brought from our previous home are scattered around the garden
On the boarders of Norfolk Suffolk Cambridge and Essex lies Newmarket Suffolk. England.
It was the nearby village of Exning that was one of the major settlements in this area during Anglo-Saxon and Medieval times.
After Britain was hit by the plague during the 14th, 15th & 16th Centuries, the population of Exning decided to leave their homes to contain the disease and build a new settlement nearby and so 'New'market was born.
Areas are marked out by Maggie and a few plants dug into the ground in the hope they survive the winter weather!
JANUARY 2008
February
The Trellis arrives and some outdoor work begins
The trellis fixed around the garden prior to any preparation of boarders
Low voltage lighting also gets installed at this early stage.
Chris removes and reverses the flow of the rain water. Then buys a 1000 ltr storage tank from Ebay and commences installation of a very large rain water storage!
Rainwater flow and return pipes installed.
Chris then completes the trellis to hide the storage system
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made to also hide the refuge
collection bins.
March 10th 2008 Strong winds and rain hamper progress. More pictures soon as the weather improves! (At least the new storage tank is being filled with rain water!)
March 31st 2008 The wettest March for 10 years! Hampers the new garden construction!
The 1000 ltr water tank is hidden behind a wall of trellis.
A handy cut out hole and the tank is ready for use.
Lighting is 20 watt 12 volt low voltage and 11 will be installed around the perimeter
The big dig out begins in this instance it is necessary to dig 275mm deep
Heavy rain hampers the dig out of the patio foundations
The existing slabs are stacked and will be used in the bin area. The existing pathway has to be broken up! Chris will use his heavy sledge hammer and pick!
5 tons of MOT Type 1. 40mm to dust ballast arrive for the foundations plus 5 tons of sharp sand and 48 bags of cement!
A view from the kitchen window.
The ballast goes in and tomorrow we have hired a whacker plate to condense all the aggregate down well.
Underground Land Drainage Pipes!
We decided to dig out and lay below the soil land drainage pipes. The 100mm pipe was laid 400mm deep with a drop along the length of pipe into a large soak away chamber.
The pipe was incased in 20mm gravel to allow the surface water to drain. The pipe has been manufactured with many drainage hole for the water to run into the pipe work under ground.
Maggie has mixed 5 tons of sand and 48 bags of cement! Chris says the mix is spot on every time!!
The 5 tons of Aggregate has been tamped down with a motorized whacker plate. The aggregate is MOT Type 1. 40mm to dust.
The slabs are on 75mm of bed. The bed being a 5 to 1 mix of sharp sand and cement. The water level is between a dry mix and a wet mix. Maggie calls it a marble mix because she says when the mortar starts turning into little marbles that's when you know the water mixture is correct!
Patio slabs almost completed
Brick pavers surround the slabs which makes a nice perimeter
The final barrow of mix after a hard day The patio slabs have now been completed. Just the pointing in of the patio left to do.
The brick pavers will make up the garden boarders and these have to be laid on a foundation to give them the strength so one can stand on them when digging the boarders. That means another 1 ton of sand and 1 ton of chipping's for Maggie to mix!
MARCH 2008
APRIL 2008
The drainage pipe laid with a run of 25mm in a 10 mtrs.run has small holes to allow for water to soak into the pipe work and drain away to the prepared soak away chamber.
20mm gravel incases the underground pipe work
Above:
The foundations are put into place around the garden, ready for the brick pavers to be bedded.into position.
Below:
Maggie and Chris start to lay the pavers around the boarders
Maggie starts her planting in the specially provided boarders on the patio areas.
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The lawn area has been dug over and prepared. Raking out as many lumps and stones as possible
Well rotted manure and a little bone meal
has been dug into the soil
Maggie starts to lay the grass turf.
Chris installs the armored underground cable to the fountain and makes a wooded tanilised cradle, sets the water feature working
Maggie starts digging - planting her favorite back drop Solanium Alba around the garden and starts the major planting of shrubs
A new home and the start of another NEW GARDEN to design and prepare!
The garden soil as left by the builders a few of Maggies plants have been dug in for over wintering and a few pots left out to survive the winter
Chris starts the 1 to 4 mix sand/cement pointing of the paving slabs and the frame work for the pergola
Maggie starts to plant around the pergola as construction takes place.
The pergola is almost complete cut and made from tanilised timbers
The shrubs are being planted Maggie always makes sure the holes are dug extra deep.
The construction of the garden is nearing completion. Still to be done is the plum slate chipping over the bed of gravel with a liner between for weed control .
The view now from the kitchen window shows the work undertaken through the last 3 months.
Still to come :
Maggie plants her perennial boarders
MAY 3rd 2008
Maggie has pots, baskets and more perennials
yet to plant
The next page will show the garden maturing throughout the season
Its a lot different now than 2 months ago!
Special mirror feature behind the pergola looks good through the rain drops on the glass.
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As the top surface of 40mm Plumb Slate is place over the 20mm aggregate a black weed membrane is place between for prevention of weed. This will still allow the rain to penetrate through and down into the land drains that have been laid for prevention of flooding during heavy rain seasons. (see below)
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6 months Construction for the new garden at Red Lodge
