The Old Double Borders

I guess I have almost been ignoring my old double borders here on cameragardening.com. In real life I appreciate them very much and I like how (moderately) easy they are to manage now that they are mature. 15 years old it seems, at least according to the old photographs I have from the time the soil was first turned. It was a lot of digging and soil improvement at the time and I remember that I bribed one of my cousins to help me with an old Mitsubishi soil rotator. I think I had given him a lift somewhere and he owed me a favour. The rotator was old even then and it’s still going strong thanks to my uncle’s tender care. (I would not be surprised if it’s almost 40 years old.)

This was the start. And my cousin with a blurred face and the rotator.
I added the pergola last year. My own design, but obviously an Ulf Nordfjell rip off. Two builders actually built it, it wasn’t that complicated, but still easier for two people and I suspect I might have had a hard time in getting the whole thing straight if I had attempted it myself.

Rosa helenae ‘Hybrida’ likes the pergola.

The peach and pink part.

Achillea ‘Lachsschönheit’

Blue, purple and red.

Blue, grey and white when the fence was new and the border a lot slimmer.