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Message: [QUOTE="Sean Regan, post: 275127, member: 5841"] I finished wiring the two acer palmatums. I had plenty of net. I used it to cover my koi pool to protect it from falling leaves in the autumn. [ATTACH type="full"]106086[/ATTACH] This variety of acer naturally cascades, but the diameter will always increase each year. It's now contained within the brick circle. It's wide mesh net so in April, I will be able to pull through any branches that have new leaves beginning to sprout. I'm in two minds what to do with the area under this one. Ideally, I could remove the brick circle, it's in a ring concrete and make a wider circle. But there's not enough bricks and I can't get any more. So I'd have to use different ones as it's likely I could find a match. I could just re-turf it (again !). The tree next door has gone so it will get more sun. [ATTACH type="full"]106087[/ATTACH] I cleared a lot more leaves, mostly rodo's. The remaining few I blew to the back of the borders to rot down. I then got into the pergola posts. The plywood caps were starting to rot, so I removed them and gave both a good dose of Cuprinol and let it soak in whilst I did other jobs. i made new caps out of squares of plastic cut from the bottom of a couple of old 1ltr ice cream cartons. I glued them to the tops and then siliconed round the edges. [ATTACH type="full"]106089[/ATTACH] When I went to the village DIY hardware store yesterday for some wire for the acers, I spotted this 3mtr rug. It was ideal to replace the old dark brown one we had in front of the French windows. I like to keep one there, for the occasions we have visitors and they want to see the garden. I never go in and out that way, I always use the front door and go through the door in the fence between the house and the garage. [ATTACH type="full"]106090[/ATTACH] It's not a bad match for the rug in front of the sofa. It was only £15. [ATTACH type="full"]106091[/ATTACH] I've still to prune the little acer in the bed next to the back fence. [/QUOTE]

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