I have continued the gardening with the bulk of the focus being slabs and the flowerbed in the centre.

This bed contains Delphiniums, lavender and will contain something else once i think of something to make, I am tempted by a Hydrangea bush but any suggestions would be great.

The bed soil is made from a pile of ballast and then painted a dark brown.

The delphiniums are made using a 0.1mm copper wire, painted and coated with a foam scatter, painted light blue, leaves were cut from painted tissue attached to more copper wire which was entwined with the central stem.

The lavender was made using a similar technique but with colours and leaf shapes changed accordingly.

Another major step is in finishing the roof of the shed, it was my first experience with making a slated/tiled roof properly rather than a scalescenes type printed jobbie, slates used are Viscountess (9"x 18") and cut individually from 220 gsm card.

The cardbord base

I couldn't think what to use for ridge tiles until I had a yoghurt and realised the corners from side to top could do a pretty good job.

Some areas were painted with glue and yellow weathering powder and talk were used to make some lichen, a few dots of foam scatter and black paint were used for moss, this is the finished article

and again from the front.