A SHED MAKEOVER! / MY SMALL LONDON GARDEN

[Music] just needs a couple more coats I think And um yeah I won't split them up from their mates My instant reaction is I hate it [Music] Good morning guys Welcome back to another edition of my garden diaries I think that's what I'm going to call them now my garden diaries Basically this year I'm trying to focus on my a lotment garden and also my home garden as well This was neglected last year because I got my a lotment plot and it was brand new and it was like a complete jungle and so I had a lot of work to do on it But this year the a lotment plot is sort of under control It's ready just to plant straight into and so I've got some time to dedicate to my home garden as well And that's exactly what I've been doing So in the last garden vlog and I will leave the link below if you haven't if you haven't seen it yet I started to make some really big changes in the garden and just try and tidy up a few areas that weren't looking so good Let's say one of those areas is just in front of the shed here It's just been really difficult to know what to do with it because the soil underneath the ground sheets that I've now put down is just so terrible It's full of chalk and rock and you can only dig down a little bit before it turns into almost completely solid rock So I don't know if there's maybe a patio buried deep under there somewhere or just lots of rocks and stuff but it's just been a really difficult area of the garden So I've done what I can with it on the budget that I've got which is not very much I don't want to spend thousands on the garden you know Um so this is where we are so far A lot of you were very unhappy to see me put this down but this is basically weed membrane that I've put down over the whole area in front of the shed And the idea is going to be to gravel it which is what we're going to do a little bit little bit of today We're also going to change the color of the shed I know not everyone will be happy with that decision either but the shed has been yellow for about 3 or 4 years now and I absolutely love it It's so beautiful and sunny and it's a real real nice like pop of color But after 4 years I'm a little bit bored of it So we're going to paint it a nice saged green and I think it will really transform the garden Changing something like the color of a shed is just like it changes the whole feel of the garden So I'm very excited to do that The first thing we're going to do is put down some more gravel Now I've only brought five bags because it's very expensive So I'm going to do it in bits when I can and we'll see what it looks like Right let's get [Music] [Applause] [Music] going Heat Heat [Music] [Music] [Applause] [Music] Right Well we're definitely going to need a lot more bags than this which is uh what I predicted anyway To be fair that was six bags The thing is is it's so expensive to buy it in bulk and um I want to make sure I've got the exact amount I need And obviously this is spread a lot thinner than I really want it to be I want it to be a lot thicker than this But what I'm trying to do at the moment is just cover it so that it looks good So we're sort of in the middle of having this really nice spring weather So I sort of want it to look good so we can sit out here straight away now it's sunny you know Um but it needs like a few more bags to sort of layer it up a little bit make a thicker layer You can see a bit of the ground sheet That's not great But yeah I do like how it's looking I think this is a really nice area We have some pots on here and some planters and stuff I think it'd be really beautiful Good Happy with [Music] that Right let's get this paint open So we've gone for um fresh rosemary by cook Are we going to like the color let's have a look It's a bit late now cuz I brought loads of it I better bloody like the color Oh yeah I do I like the color Oh that is very nice That is a lovely color That's going to really really be a big change I'm excited to get it on the shed Right Here we go Yeah I really like it Yeah I really like it Thank god I like it Yeah that is actually that is such a pretty color I really like it I'm so relieved I'm so relieved like it cuz I just brought the whole paint before even trying it So that is going to look really good Right I'll keep going [Music] [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Okay guys It's had one coat I think it probably needs two maybe three coats just because the yellow was so strong Um I I do like it Okay I do like the color and I do like it but when I change something big like this my instant reaction is I hate it Like I genuinely get bored of things and I do know that things need to be updated all the time and changed and stuff and I get it in my head that I want to change it but then I do and then I hate it and I want it back the way it was So it's just the way my brain works But I'm going to show you it now You can see a bit behind me It looks a bit more white on the camera actually I don't know if it's coming out but it is a bit greeny in real life Here it is Completely different I mean could not be more different Isn't that so weird how the color of a shed can completely change a garden i think I like it Once again ignore the fact the shed is so wonky We are going to fix that But color-wise I really like it Actually I do like it I think it's just going to take getting used to Yeah Okay I don't hate it I don't actually hate it Actually when it's got flowers around it and stuff it'd be really nice I'm going to put some more flowers I've got like a made a little mini window box there So I fill that with some flowers and then hopefully it'll spill over and look really nice Just needs a couple more coats I think And um yeah Okay I'm going to take a break and then do some planting [Music] [Laughter] [Music] [Music] [Music] Right guys I've done a couple of coats on the shed now so it's looking really good I think I'm going to plant something into this window box I don't have anything specific but what I do have growing around the garden are a lot of forget me knots And actually the blue against the shed will be really pretty I think So I'm going to plant into it Also you can see accidentally cracked our window there so it needs replacing So I'm going to try and hide that horrible sticky tape Could just replace the window but you know why not make things harder for yourself look there's just so many growing all around my borders I only sprinkled a couple of seeds and they come up all everywhere now every single year which is lovely So let's steal a few The beautiful thing about digging up and moving forget me knots because I have done it a few times is that they don't die back They sort of continue to grow So you don't get that awkward period where they start sort of sulking They just sort of live straight away which is just excellent proper survivors These are right That's a good bunch God grow in there [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Oh yeah look at that So pretty Didn't cost me anything Just dug it up from the garden stuffed it in How beautiful Just ignore the dodgy tape on the window We will replace this But for now how lovely [Music] [Music] Right So guess what's going up this little structure that I've just made it's just a couple of bamboo canes and some twine if you couldn't guess that That's right guys sweet peas More sweet peas Last year I could not grow a single sweet pea and I think I've taken it really personally and this year I've just gone overboard on them So I've got two lots of them at the a lotment plot so far and um I've got two lots of them to go out in my home garden as well So I'm absolutely determined to get a sweet pea this year cuz I really missed them These is a sweet pea mixed and they do have the scent So hopefully hopefully they will grow all up this fence here and look beautiful and smell lovely too and I can pick them Right let's plant in my third lot of sweet peas I mean if I do not get one sweet pee this year it will be a tragedy I think sweet peas are a myth If I don't manage to grow one this year after all this effort I don't think they really exist I think it's fake news and I don't think anyone's ever really seen sweet pea before I think they're all liars Even me even though I've grown them before right they're all stuck to each other I'll just grow them out in the clumps that they come they come out in Actually I won't split them up from their mates Maybe that make them happier Yeah we'll do them like this You can all stay together with your friends and be very happy As long as you grow for me I don't mind [Music] There we go Lovely row of sweet peas ready to grow And then we're going to do one more So I'm going to do exactly the same thing along this little trellis here Um and I have to make it a bit taller cuz I think they do grow a bit taller than the trelluses but I think that will look really nice as a wall of sweet [Music] peas Right Well you might have noticed on that shot that I' I've actually already got some sweet peas um along the fence here And these are the ones that I sewed in toilet rolls You can see I've left the toilet rolls in on my a lotment plot I planted some of these out and they all died So I assumed that these are dead but actually they're doing really well because they were started a little bit earlier They could be sort of ahead of their ahead of the game So I don't know This has got like a new a new bit growing on it These are doing so so well So we'll try and leave these in We'll make the structure over the top and then we'll plant some in [Music] [Music] between Right These ones are the Spencer variety which again I think they I think they smell Yeah slightly scented Okay it's not the most not the best scent I'm trying to smell them now They haven't got any flowers on now They won't smell now Not the highest scenting sweet pea but you know what they're pretty good right with these ones we're going to sort of break them up Oh please don't die [Music] Right And then the last bunch of sweet peas I might actually do in a pot um and have like a little mini sweet pea teepee because I'm very excited about my new pot area Um but I don't have enough pots yet So I need to go out and get some more pots Um and another thing that I wanted to say in this blog was thank you so much for all your advice about the plants that I brought So this one here is Irish luck and a lot of you told me it gets very very big So I am going to move it I planted it here in front of the clemetus but I'm going to move it because it's just not going to work there if it gets too big I mean I could keep clipping it and sort of make it Well no I don't want to So I'm going to move this one And then the yellow plant the facthia is here Is that how you say it for Cynthia Foria um is here And I'm happy for that to get big So that can be a nice big plant there which I think will look really pretty because you can see it from our window Right Okay Well I will leave the vlog there because I feel like it's going to be a long one Hope you've enjoyed my little garden tour garden transformation Um we're getting there We're getting there with it There's still a few things that I want to potter around and do and change We're going to move a fly into my nose Why do they do that they've got all the space in the world Literally they've got the world and they always go straight into my nose Anyway I've got lots more to do We've got um to finish all the all the stones get some more planters and pots and kind of like plant this area up a bit so it looks really nice But um for today that's all I'm doing So I hope you've enjoyed the vlog If you have do subscribe to my YouTube channel and I will see you again on Monday Have a lovely gardening weekend See you Monday guys Thanks for watching Bye