Week ending 21st Jan 2022 was a short week – Monday, we celebrated the life of MLK ; Thursday was characterized by ice cold rain.Nontheless,the team made good progress.
After a lot of consideration, we decided to do a major upgrade to the irrigation system.Even though the system was only 5 months old there had been valve failures and leaks.Good progress has been made,trenches dug,pipes laid,valves installed.
The herbaceous border – a 12” cavity in the ground to be filled with CLM. A couple of mechanical diggers and great work ethic got us 90% finished.The excavated soil was not as clay(ee) as anticipated.
The location of the woodland path had been in place for weeks – designated by blue flags.The metal edging is now in place and the walkway smoothed out. The work completed behind this simplistic profile is considerable – remove leaves,dig out roots,grading – all before the edging is positioned.
A big decision was to replace the soil in the herbaceous border.A couple of weeks of analysis to decide the composition of the replacement mix, a couple of days to blend the mix, and a couple of hours to off load it. Getting it in place will be an interesting process.
To keep myself busy, I tidied up the woodland garden;recycled displaced soil to finish off an existing pathway and spent considerable time working on the planting of the herbaceous border.
A nice week.
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