We bought a house which had had one owner since it was built in the 60s – an italian couple. Pulled 12 tonnes of concrete and metal out of the garden. It was 4 days on the tools; apparently scaffolding is the preferred material for Italians to make a trellis to grow wine grapes on.
Cut out all the beds and borders this year and got the structural plants in. 6 cubes of compost (we have really sandy soil) and a full load of arborist mulch later, and we have our foundation good for years to come. Plan is to keep propagating what we have as there’s still a lot of mulched bed without plants yet, and to mulch with compost annually, mulch with woodchip when it goes below about 4cm.
by AcidUrine
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This is great 🥰🐞
Bug spotting is addictive, and feels extra exciting in your own garden. Congratulations on the wonderful habitat you’ve built.
You have blue banded bees you lucky thing!
Nice, that’s an amazing array of beautiful bugs
That’s a great variety of bugs!
Amazing. what state?
Amazing!! Whereabouts are you located?