Now for something completely
different
by: Andy P.
Now that the weather has turned cold and frosty we finally have
got the go ahead to start on the Ham Mill Landslip and to commence with the
garden restoration and remediation.
The initial 'let us measure up', lasted over 5 hours as we
cleared the undergrowth of brambles, stingers, an old broken fence, metal
stakes, paving, a bridge, 2 wildlife ponds and carried out an awful lot of
pruning. We moved all the 40+pots, trees, planters, several horses and found
the missing goose. Afraid to say the otters did not survive. The dove house and
support was returned so that Will and Ray could spruce up this delicate and
rather faded item-however Mrs Davies was very pleased.
At the next visit we brought the mini digger, emptied the
shed, and attached a big rope, screwed in supporting wood pieces, laid slabs,
as the digger gently persuaded the shed to move forward a meter or so away from
its delicately balanced position. Thank
goodness it all moved and stayed in one piece. Gulp.
A mini army of little helpers arrived from the depot and
somehow managed to lift and move the somewhat buried summerhouse back into
daylight, on to the top of the non subsided part of the garden.
Shuttering was made for the concrete to be used to underpin
the wall and fish pond which fortunately was only tilting at a reasonable angle
down slope. The fish were still happily
breeding you will be pleased to note.
