Thursday 21 June 2007

Shady stage 2

We're at stage 2 of our shade creation project. The metposts (supports for the vertical posts) are in: we've just used the spiked ones (no concreting needed as the posts aren't going to support anything other than a bit of shade material). The heavy duty membrane (hopefully this will suppress the bindweed - we've been lazy and haven't dug it out) is also down. We removed the temporary edging that surrounded the hedge (this was just in place to keep the gravel tidy and prevent the weeds from invading) and have tucked the new membrane under the old so no gaps. The gravel gets delivered today so I'm hoping Chris gets a few barrow loads spread out, at least it's downhill to this area and uphill with the empty barrow, though with two tonnes to shift it's going to be hard work whatever the gradient. Hopefully this project won't mean a summer of cloud and rain ahead (our shade fabric isn't waterpoof).

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