It all started here, with a an idea of a small Scandinavian end-of-April bonfire. We had bit of material for it: The tree stumps and other bushes and weeds we dug out over the Easter weekend. (No, the white bits are not for burning, they are just acting as rain cover.)
And it ended here, three days later. That is how long some of the tree stumps took to burn! OK, we had a bit of rain that slowed it down. Both evenings we thought that was it, that the fire was gone. But the next day when we went out and poked in the ashes we found it was still life in the fire and it started to catch on again. :-) So we took the opportunity to clean out a bit more in the garden every day.
Oh, and we raised the fence / wall a bit as well over the weekend. The old wall ends roughly where the current ground level is. We added two rows of sleepers so we can back fill up to the level of the rest of the lower gardens. If you look closely (or even click on the picture to enlarge it) you can see the pruned apple tree and Clare's fantastic work with the Godzilla hedge no-one has looked after properly since... ever! ;-) The net fence that is supposed to keep it upright has no posts holding it up (they are all broken due to the pressure from Mr Godzilla Hedge) so she propped it up with some old planks for now.
The raised wall as seen from the patio. Yes, we ran out of paint and sleepers over there. :-)OK then! One more picture. Then you have to go to bed!
The hole after the huge tree in the front is filling in nicely now. It is just the outline around the turf that needs a bit more time to fill in. (Front left of the Citroen.) But we are getting there... Patience my dear Watson! Just have some patience! I know we have. No problems just sitting here watching the grass grow and the paint dry. With a glass of wine or a beer in our hands of course. :-)
