Monday 18 February 2019

Tidying the garden

The weather has been a bit mild recently and that has given me a chance to start tidying up the garden from last years work.
The gravel around the greenhouse has gone and the grass that was planted from seed is now well established and has had its first cut.
The top of the garden where three Leylandii were removed from is still a mess, with ropes pulling the trunks of the old holly hedge back to vertical, to enable the hedge to re-establish itself.
This area is now having the accumulated soil and debris removed to restore the ground to its original level.  About a third of the soil has been bagged and another third has been redistributed in the garden.
The soil has been used to raise the level of the ground at the back of the raised beds.  Eventually this will be grassed and planted to strengthen the ground around this area.  It will also provide a form of weed control.
Turf removed from between the raised beds has now extended the lawn around the back of the Tulip Tree to remove an area of course and wild vegetation and give a little more control in that area. 
The next task will be to dig over the raised beds and plant out seeds in the greenhouse in preparation for planting out in the next month or two.  Cuppa time beckons.

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