Today we were on site at 8 and left at 8.30. The hard landscaping is done. The rill and pond do not leak (hurrah) and the gabions have been filled….ha, hindsight a wonderful thing. Originally we naively thought we could fill the gabions but when

‘Oh good grief, I can’t believe it’s day 10 and we haven’t planted anything yet’ said Bridget today. But we managed to get the Acers in! We call it ‘plant porn.’ Jan, Andy and Tom are filling the gabions…. Worked

45mph winds forecast tonight…..lying in bed listening to the wind whistling and all I can think about is whether the plants or even the fence will still be there tomorrow. It was foul today, we both got wet and chilled to the bone. My attempt at

Look at that sky, cold and rainy again for most of the day! This is the area behind the hoarding where our plants are being stored. It’s not much shelter from the wind or the rain and we spent most of the morning there while Big Fish ploughed forward…on

I am trying to blog throughout  the day rather than at midnight when I am too tired so I am sitting in the atrium where it is baking hot.The pond and rill are completed and BigFish are starting on the paving proper. The Carpinus is in,waiting for a feed. Today