The garden is growing - the house is about to kick off

Karen has been busy planting out the bed in front of the house. After much deliberation and consulatation, she has plunged in with a virtually complete scheme. Just add a few Irish yews and a box border and be patient!

Meanwhile, I start on my Certified Passivhause Designer course tomorrow - I will definitely get to grips with the energy side of this house after that. We have found our builder and are planning for an August start on the house, so I need to get the planning application in soon, and then get our structural engineer into high gear to get the building regs approval in train. It's all happening now!

PS you can see my lawn growing faintly in these pictures. For someone who didn't own a lawnmower for 20 years, it is gratifying.