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The site foreman was having none of it!
oh dear!!

A garden nightmare!! In 1999 this is what it was, overgrown, tatty and badly in need of a good "Ground Forcing". Legions of snails would "run to the light" out of the undergrowth on warm, damp evenings. I'm sure some triffids were moving around in there too. It was the Twilight Zone in my back yard. So, with my designs in hand (actually, taped to the patio doors), I began...

Destruction is always one of my favourite pastimes - I have a real affinity for a sledgehammer. So, by the winter the ground was fairly clear, I knew which plants I was keeping. The fences were installed one cold December day, overseen by a robin, who took advantage of the situation by enjoying an early christmas dinner...

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