Wow. Joe has been busy in the garden today.
Remember the bramble motherload that was cascading down one side of the dingle? It is no more. And we’ve now got about an extra 10 feet of width in the dingle, loads of light, and a slightly-used very steep bank.
I seriously thought there might be a castle with a princess buried in there somewhere, but there wasn’t. Just lots and lots and lots of brambles.
Before:
Brambles, taking over everything
After Joe and his chainsaw onna stick:
Space!
We have SO much more space now. It’s fab. We’re planning on smoothing out the bank a little, and sprinkling wildflower seeds all over it. Then planting daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops, primroses, and generally making it beautiful.
Or possibly terracing it, depending on how much work that is…
Anyway. Then we had loads of stuff, so obviously we made a big fire:
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