TRANSFORMING Our Overgrown Front Garden (for €13)

ByMAKE. DO. GROW February 4, 2023 0 min

We’re delayed on the underfloor heating project while waiting for parts to be delivered. So we’re taking advantage of some nice weather for an outdoor mini project: clearing our front garden in preparation for having a heat pump installed.

Over the course of a couple of days the plan is to clear out all the brambles, weeds, roses and shrubbery and create a weed-free space that looks a bit nicer.

Of course, this involved lots of heavy lifting and a good dose of hard work.

Join us in this video to see how the project progressed. For an end-to-end timelapse of this project, check out this video: https://youtu.be/0P-uu5iRIxQ

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TRANSFORMING Our Overgrown Front Garden (for €13)

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