Before heading out on Friday I'd decided to don the gardening gear and gloves and empty out an old metal bin that's been hanging around the garden for more years than I can remember. In fact I'm struggling to remember where it came from, did Richard and I buy it when we moved in? Did we inherit it from my Dad? It's not an incinerator, no flue, air holes or legs, and metal dustbins haven't really been in use for many years.
At one point it lived at the top most corner of the garden behind the laurels which had grown huge and threw the garden into darkness with their shadow. It gradually got filled with bits of old crap and only moved down into the garden proper when the decking went in. But now it's even more of an eyesore given that the shed has been removed and the railings installed, so thought it was high time I cleared out its contents and got it taken over the tip.
Most of it was old flower pots, bits of old ice-cream tubs, soil and stones plus some old bits of brick and the like. Bagged up most of the smaller stones and the better sized brick pieces went into the garage as future hardcore for Julia and James's garden make-over. Eventually with the bin empty and two 1/3 filled rubble bags of crap relegated to the garage awaiting Dad's tip run the garden now looks so much neater 😊
I have plans to try and get the small wall replaced with something similar, most of the bricks are broken so it needs an overhaul but there's no rush.
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