Digging A Trench

I realise it's been a good week since my last post, but as with gardening, you must be patient for things to happen. The last week has been a bit quiet, lots of seeds have been planted, and now it's a waiting game for them to germinate.


In the mean time I've been looking around my garden to see what 'hardware' I can 'upgrade' as it were! My garden is a lovely south facing enclosed space, warm in the sun, and not particularly prone to gusts or winds. Very sheltered, and sometimes quite mediterranean. However, I have a big pile of rocks and soil and roots and weeds piling up alongside one wall.

Quite clearly an eyesore, I'm fed up with it being there, I really would like to show off my garden to my friends over summer with barbeques and afternoon drinks on the lawn (visable back left) and I feel this small area of the garden dominates it with it's hideous appearance. So I have formulated a plan with a good friend who happens to be not only an illustration student but also a builder. The plan is as follows:
For me to dig a trench along the length of 'the pile' about four inches in depth and ten inches in width.
Builderstrator and myself to lay foundations and build a wall along the whole length, fitting snuggly to the path, followed by filling the walled area with the existing soil and rocks. I estimate that this plan will be completed by mid-late April (at least it better be!).

Hopefully then I will be able to plant some more plants within the raised bed, and I'm hoping I might be able to get some vines....