Project recover

Bit more progress today - we had two composters, and sort of compost heaps on the go (one at either side under the trees); we pulled all of that out along with emptying the composters and spread it across the new patch and it fills it to a good third of the way up! Some of it is only in the early stages of decomposition, but other bits are really well composted and there is loads of lovely soft organic material there and all of that is going to be buried under the spent compost from this years pots and planters so it can be worked on by the worms over winter.

We also moved the composters to the other side, tucked in sort of in front of the large conifer - nothing is going to grow there anyway, and they don't look bad there in fairness, so we will get some sand and put slabs there. We are going to put some bark down on the strip behind them to suppress weeds (again, under the conifer) and that will also look quite tidy.

I was wondering about moving a couple of things to the back of that patch, and freeing up space in our big barrels, specifically our lemon verbena - not sure whether just to start with a new one though, as our current one is really big and leaning over the side of a barrel - it is in dire need of a haircut, but I am unsure whether it would take it. The same thing can be said of my rosemary.

Whilst I think they might be better at the back and free up some space, I wonder if they would be so far at the back that we would struggle to get to them though, so that one needs consideration.

 

Today's update

 

Each side seems to be a good idea. The back fence could be a good place for growing beans up.

You may find small 12"x12" slabs good for dotting around as stepping stones. They would save you stepping in mud when harvesting.

 

We are doing it! We are going to do the straight board runs around the lawn, probably tomorrow, to make it easier to cut the grass and also make it tidier.

 

That may not be possible simply because I need help to put them in and that help is tomorrow. We'll work out the painting though - once I am down on the ground on my old bus seat I can shuffle along and paint them I suppose.

I was looking at all the fence panels and wondering about painting them - hell of a lot to do! I looked at sprayers, but they are not cheap and I am not sure how they go when it comes to the posts.

 

Only if it is a 1996 Alexander Olympian and I reckon most of them have gone to the big bus garage in the sky by now....

They might do if it was one with a really deep pile to make sure that it got all the overlaps...