Good Evening. I've just got back from another visit to the school where after about 3 weeks and about 23 hours of work finally all of the sedum matting have been attached to there plywood base which will make it easier to fix to the decking once on site. The sedum matting now have 2 weeks and 3 days to recover and flourish. The ones that where complete last week are looking really healthy and are starting to flower which is great news. A few more days of weather like we are having will be just what they need.

Now with one problem out of the way I now turn my hand to another, making the cupboard door, the cupboard it self and the planters, so still loads of things to do in just under 2 and a half weeks before the team and I head down to the palace.

I spent the whole of this last weekend sorting out the deck frame work, making sure all measurements are correct, because everything in the garden is measured around the deck area and if this is wrong then it puts everything else out of place, so the deck framework has to be correct. Sounds easy but when you put something that is all different sizes around the deck (i.e the sedum matting) it makes it that little bit more difficult. We have to allow for this and amend the deck frame work accordingly so when the deck boards go on they over hang the sedum matting thus hiding the soil and plywood they are attach to, so all you see is the ends of the deck boards and the sedum itself. Its all very confusing but we think we've cracked it. In two weeks I'm going to loosely attach all of the matting to the deck frame just to make sure its all ok for when we go to the show. I'd rather have problems now then when where up there.

Also on the weekend we think that we've sorted the problem with the steps, because the steps are going to be counter levered they will look like they are floating and to stop any movement alot of work has to be done inside the deck area to stop this, with bracing and what not, again its all very confusing but hopefully the effect will be wonderful. That's all for now, till next time happy gardening.