Published on 12, July, 2020
Today I have been busy. I decided to get myself outside and uncover the old horse stables which have sat at the top of the garden overgrown and abandoned the last couple of years.
Previously before they were used as stables my Gran used them for growing flowers and making medicine, she was a herbalist amateur according to my mum, and spent a great deal of time in there using herbs to make this and that.
When I was detained my brother promised he would keep them nice and tidy but fast forward to last year and I got home and found it overgrown and that my brother has moved abroad. So today as it was dry I got out there and cut down the dead tree, removed most of the weeds and brambles, and have reached the front of the stables once more.
My brother sadly dumped loads of old junk in there. Ahhhhhh!!! But that's my next plan to get a skip and clear it all out. To the side of it is a stone trough which I'll also clear out.
Here's this mornings pictures.
And this afternoons which I just took.
I feel so proud of my progress with this today. I'm also feeling really well with my mental health today. Nowhere near done yet but at least I've made a start.
Thanks. I would love to get it looking like it used to so my immediate plan is to clear it out, get all the mud dug up (there's brick flooring beneath) and then tidy it up and make it look presentable again. After that I'm not entirely sure. I've had some great suggestions here or I might start using it as a hobby building. I'll give it some thought and see where it goes from there.
Yes I've seen Gardeners World. I would love to grow things like strawberries and other lovely fruits as well. Time was my Gran used to do that and she was really good at it.