AT LAST!

The Drainage Board has been! Came back from town today to find the little bit of the dyke that I hadn't done had been completely cut and the bottom of the whole dyke had been scooped out. Nice - a clean slate to keep completely free now. However, they have left a lot of the scoopings along the top of the dyke on the road side. I may have to use this for my compost heap!

In other news, I got an early Christmas present the other day. A garden shredder/chipper. Having done all the pruning last week I needed some way of reducing it down to mulch for the borders. 10-15 barrowloads of prunant became just enough to mulch 3-4 metres of border, but saved quite a bit in ornamental bark for the purpose.

Built a redimentary compost system out of the chicken coup's dividing fence. Will need to gradually build up the sides over the next year or two as I landscape the back part of the garden. Drawn out some sketches of ideas of how I'd like the back of the garden to look. After some thought I decided that I wanted more than just an extension of flat lawn. After all, Lincolnshire is flat enough.