The Brew Cabin

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:43 am**

Firstly, I wanted to say a huge THANKS for all the help and support - especially LLL and Tony ... not quite finished yet (lots of planting still to do, plus water features etc) but the hard landscaping is finished ... including loads of land drainage, 42 ton of scalpins, 33 ton of new topsoil, an amazing mrs who shifted 12 ton by spade + barrow in one day in the p***ing rain

600 wall blocks etc, 30 tins of rompox (ouch) - probably all small by pro standards but totally knackering by mine LOL!

cheers, Ian

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:42 pm**

Looks good from my unpracticed POV. I'm smiling at the trampoline in the far corner - exactly where my plan has it for my new layout ...

What depth bark did you use and where did you source it from?

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:48 pm**

Hi Ian - bloody eyesore eh but it'll be gone in a few years

Well, I scraped off all the decent topsoil, put down a geo membrane (tucked under the surrounding railway sleepers) and covered it with 4 jumbo bags of chipped bark (to a depth of about 6-8 inches) which I ordered with my turf from Rolawn via t'internet ...

Good luck with yours .. cheers, Ian

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 3:11 pm**

That's lovely! That would qualify for the centre spread in any designer magazine here, as a professional job costing pots of money, and not as a DIY project!

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:39 pm**

Very nice work, done yourself proud

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:52 pm**

very very tasty
i think i built some planters with those blocks last year ,are they the marshalls ones that you have to glue together?good to see the safety netting round the trampoline,bleeding dangerous yokes they are,and i notice a chiminea,i have one and i am sure hundreds do==> never used it once lol
great job
LLL

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 9:55 pm**

Thanks all

will enjoy a few cold ones out there over the summer ...

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 2:47 pm**

The problem with the trampoline in the corner is that the kids will be able to escape into next door's! :;):

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 3:51 pm**

Tony McC wrote:The problem with the trampoline in the corner is that the kids will be able to escape into next door's! :;):

I don't see a problem with that!

I'm already trying to work out how I'm going to get mine out of the house when they're old enough to fly the coop.

Unfortunately the Spousal Overunit is so 'nurturing' (as opposed to my 'realistic' approach) that they know they're on to a good thing and never intend to leave

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 9:57 pm**

I am not sure that launching them over the fence with a trampoline would work - especially after they graduate from college.

Bob

Posted: **Thu Apr 26, 2007 11:44 pm**

bobhughes wrote:I am not sure that launching them over the fence with a trampoline would work - especially after they graduate from college.

Bob

Depends on how big the trampoline is and how strong you make the springs !

The Brew Cabin

Thanks / finished project pics - All credit to this site ...