This is a new section of our garden though it has been developing slowly, very
slowly over the last three years. This whole section of our website is new and not fully developed so please keep watching
for developments.
| The bank before work started |
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| The steep angle here is the main problem |
January 2007 and we started the huge task of clearing the
bank at the front of the cottage. This picture gives you an idea of just what a tangled mess there was to clear.
The huge amount of processing of what was taken off the bank took far longer to clear than the "chopping
back" did.
| Spring 2007 |
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| This picture is taken from the sunken garden. |
Just getting into this part of the garden is a challenge.
We have put a gate from the main drive into what I now think of as the bank garden. Garden, well that is a bit of an
exaggeration, but it will be!!
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| Work continues on clearing this bank. |
| August 2009 |
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| The little trees start to grow! |
Not the best picture but you get the idea. The Leylandii have been planted
and the red canes you can just see are to stop contractors who "tidy" the lane from cutting them down. This
has already happened once! We have also had a tractor mount the curb and drive over the plants and several had to be
replanted or replaced. Luckily I did over order and have "grown on" extra plants just for this purpose.
They are now getting well established but will not be allowed to grown more than three feet high. We hope that they will make
an impact by the time we open the garden again in 2010.
