The staging team arrived on site this morning - by minibus from Hampshire and by train from Hemel Hempstead and Redditch.
We all arrived around 8.30 a.m. after a very early start to find the first lorry nearly unloaded and Nigel, Steve and Pete well underway with the last stages of walling and paving. The next two lorries arrived in quick succession leaving just enough time for a hasty bacon roll and a cup of tea.
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e volume and size of stock on these first loads feels unmanageable - bearing in mind there are already 40+ trees on site plus a load of hedging but the hungry space quickly gobbles them up. As always we seem to make great progress, then slow down as blood sugar levels drop and one becomes blind to what's around and what works where. The Carpinus tunnel and Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii' underplanting are in place - think this bit is rally quite dreamy. Nigel is still mixing alongside Pushing up the Daisies - would have liked more depth in the planting area here but it just did not fit. Ricky's cherries look good - nice and tight in bud so I think they will last the show.
This afternoon Neil is in the process of edging - Chris is painting the sleepers. Steve and Gary are Photinia hedging - it's good for their souls. Julia and Aline are picking over a large pittosporum with scorched foliage that I have managed to put in a highly visible spot. Stu and Matt are working on filling a large gap in first base. I an sitting in Losing the Plot with a panoramic view of the tool shed from the arbour - this garden needs some serious replanning - I must get a copy of that excellent new book on the subject.
Th
e volume and size of stock on these first loads feels unmanageable - bearing in mind there are already 40+ trees on site plus a load of hedging but the hungry space quickly gobbles them up. As always we seem to make great progress, then slow down as blood sugar levels drop and one becomes blind to what's around and what works where. The Carpinus tunnel and Viburnum plicatum 'Mariesii' underplanting are in place - think this bit is rally quite dreamy. Nigel is still mixing alongside Pushing up the Daisies - would have liked more depth in the planting area here but it just did not fit. Ricky's cherries look good - nice and tight in bud so I think they will last the show.
This afternoon Neil is in the process of edging - Chris is painting the sleepers. Steve and Gary are Photinia hedging - it's good for their souls. Julia and Aline are picking over a large pittosporum with scorched foliage that I have managed to put in a highly visible spot. Stu and Matt are working on filling a large gap in first base. I an sitting in Losing the Plot with a panoramic view of the tool shed from the arbour - this garden needs some serious replanning - I must get a copy of that excellent new book on the subject.
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