My Old Caravan Garden

[Daren]

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My Old Caravan Garden

I Bought & saved an old Caravan in 2001 On a site that is for me a wildlife haven not your normal regimented caravan site to wake up to. The birdsong all around is really special & plenty of Green space. The Garden back then Composed of Grass & Trees . But Me being a Vary Keen Gardener it did not take me long to get started on it. The Larger than normal Garden & vintage Van has been Great little projects I have had fun Tweaking, Working and inventing & reinventing, Tuning lol I can't put it in to words.

The caravan is a late 60s-early 70s Pembalton Built in England. It is off grid with No Electricity plumbed in, As I lost that little Cable to a Big house near by some years ago, So having lost it, I fancied being a bit of a Eco hippy Guy, so to speak! So my Power comes from Some second hand solar panel's on the roof & a small windmill. It is also filled with gas lights which is a good thing to have in winter as solar does not work so well in England at that time of year & my 20pound off a boat, second hand windmill in the trees is Never going to do Great things . when I don't get the sun I need for powering up the Electric all night. I ripped out the gas Fire in favor of an old wood & solid fuel burner for heat. I salvaged that from an even older van that was in the middle of being scraped & crushed.

Ok On to the Garden ......Almost all the Prop's/ Pots/Planters/ Extra are things I have Acquired from tips, Skips & Rubbish dumps Planters range from.... Butler sinks, Bidet planer, Beer Barrel, Old Vintage Bespoke wheel, Bicycle, And so on.

Compost & mulch that all the plants grow in is made from all the my own home made compost, & almost all my plants are from cuttings, divided & Split Offering , that I have been given from other people, friends, Jobs & so on ....Perk of the job often is that I get paid to remove plants that then find there way to my little garden Sanctuary & all the garden wast I take off other jobs go's on my large compost heap and rots to make compost.

I do spend some money on the Garden & the biggest most years is normally my Rickety old balcony planters that I fill with summer flowers. After going round my day job doing everyone else's Gardens I just don't often get time for Starting Bedding off from seed. I am just to busy then so I Cheat and buy them rather than grow from seed as I just don't have the time or greenhouse to get them started.

Enjoy the pictures & I'll post some more from time to time as one does on...

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[Becky]

How beautiful! I love what you have done with it all. The topiary is gorgeous! Did you do those paintings? Nice to put a face to a name too!

 

[Fernsdaddy]

Really nice looking, its so relaxing looking.

 

[Daren]

Fernsdaddy yes it is relaxing and lovely to sit in the garden on a summers day. Can't wait till spring is here again. Relaxing in the garden is a great pass time

How beautiful! I love what you have done with it all. The topiary is gorgeous! Did you do those paintings? Nice to put a face to a name too!

Thanks Becky Glade you like that Topiary Its Fun, a little Time consuming but I'm proud of how they turned out from little plants, in to all them different features. The Painting where saved from a Bin as the where being thrown away by someone a couple of years back

 

[Beverly]

Just glorious, your garden! I couldn't begin to describe it, there are delights in every direction, ever where one looks. It looks like a place full of elves and fairies and i guess some of them might be mischievous too.

 

[Daren]

Just glorious, your garden! I couldn't begin to describe it, there are delights in every direction, ever where one looks. It looks like a place full of elves and fairies and i guess some of them might be mischievous too.

Thanks for the lovely comments Beverly & O yes there are a few mischievous going on it that garden lol & I'm Blaming elves and fairies

 

[Becky]

Thanks Becky Glade you like that Topiary Its Fun, a little Time consuming but I'm proud of how they turned out from little plants, in to all them different features. The Painting where saved from a Bin as the where being thrown away by someone a couple of years back

I'm glad you rescued them, they're lovely!

 

[IcyBC]

How beautiful! Love what you've done with it!

 

[Nancy]

Gorgeous garden!! You must be dreaming of summer too! You must spend a lot of time tending it to have it looking so beautiful and manicured. I tend to let mine get a little crazy. I hate to pull out poor little weeds and cut off the body parts of overgrown plants!! What if they can feel - oh my!!

 

[Daren]

Gorgeous garden!! You must be dreaming of summer too! You must spend a lot of time tending it to have it looking so beautiful and manicured. I tend to let mine get a little crazy. I hate to pull out poor little weeds and cut off the body parts of overgrown plants!! What if they can feel - oh my!!

Cheers Nancy Glade you like the garden Yes I spend a lot of time tending to the Garden & can be a little OT at times

 

[DeborahJane]

Wow Daren.Incredible. Very inspiring. You must be on duty 24/7. I spent 6 hours straight in the garden today and there's not one spot that looks so neat and lovely. I'll try again tomorrow.

 

[Daren]

Thanks DeborahJane glade you like it I am a bit of a gardening Nut nut lol have been for a long time

 

[tbendl]

Wow this is amazing.

 

[Daren]

Wow this is amazing.

thanks tbendl glade you like it

 

[Daren]

Daren updated My Old Caravan Garden

I, thought I'd do a little update of garden as a lot has changed since I last posted any on this thread. Some you may of seen on other threads & Many you may not have, but I'm sure your like the Pictures...........The new ones are all of the garden from January this year to August I hope you enjoy them At least half as much as I do taking them lol

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