Still an Atrocity but less so.

You deserve a medal for all those hours spent in the garden ... it looks so different in the final photo ... well done. Gardening gloves should be on ... I ended up having a Tetanus 'jab' last year from a gardening incident ... always wear gloves now even though it's a bit alien to me ... I like the feel of soil/plants but have to be sensilble. There, you've been reprimanded ... lol

What a difference a day makes! The bed has a lovely shape.

Oh Seaburn you`ve done an heroic job, I would have been in bits to lose all those lovely trees. But you have done a great job and I must say that area is looking good. Nice to see your little feathered friend they brighten the day don`t they.

I was wearing gloves ! [for the most part] especially as there were lots of holly leaves and brambles. It was the dead brambles that did it.

I have started planning what I am going to do with it when i have left it to sit for a fortnight and got any new seedlings out.

My goodness - you did such a lot! Keep us posted when you decide what's going in, won't you. :-))

I have to find a place or 2 for trilliums :o)
How are yours doing? I have 3 that are showing above ground.

I agree you deserve a medal for all that effort. Have you treated the soil to get rid of the Honey fungus?

Well done for all your hard work Sbg...vine weevil grubs from your hand ? Lovely !!

I've got 4 up, I think, Sbg.

You've done a lot of clearing. It looks much better now.

What an amazing transformation.!! Well done you !!

wow! looks great. hope the girls ran a nice warm bath for you.

Enjoyed a day out today to give my aching limbs a rest. As for treating it heron, after discussions with the RHS I decided to plant resistant species instead of getting rid of all the soil. The species of HF I have is one that finishes off old or diseased wood, rather than an active infector. I gather there are about 7 different ones.

Gosh I thought there was only the one, I guess you're lucky.

wellllllll.
i have a cercis to plant and it may go in this area but it is in a big pot on the back path.

i am planning and plotting and doing a lot of research into what I can grow in this realtively shady site.

You have been very busy! I have PM you!!

got it finnished today. :o))))

will do another blog soon. Have yet to decide what I am going to plant.

Like Heron I didn't know there was more than one kind of HF! Nevertheless you have done a great job of reclaiming that area.

I can sympathise with you as I've spent a few days down at the allotment this week & I end up with more aching muscles than I knew I had! Having to be so careful not to make my back worse means that digging over a fairly small plot needed many more hours work than it would have taken a healthy person. Especially as I had to do it on my hands & knees - no kidding! Trying to do it while standing up just produced the most atrocious pain in my lower back. It had to be done as there were no end of perennial weeds with deep tap roots like Dandelions.

Well it's done any way!