Shoring up the perimeter

New Year, New View

So, two significant things happened, today. First, we got most of a new fence installed, as you can see. Second, and perhaps most importantly, that enormous, outrageous godawful ivy tree has gone to meet its maker. 

You must remember this...

I'll be honest - it looks a little weird and exposed without that horrendous canopy, but I think we'll be pretty damned happy when it comes time to plant things. The guys that did the work were polite and conscientious - even mopped the kitchen floor since they'd had to go through the flat to get to the back garden. They even propped up the Back Fence of Serious Listing, so it's looking like a proper garden, now.

When we have a spate of weather that isn't shite, we'll need to seal the garden furniture so it can withstand the trials of an English Summer, and we're now talking about strings of lights to go across the top. It's going to be Festive AF, back there by the time warmer temperatures come around.

In garden news, we're still farming poop, but are now much more motivated to figure out this year's plantings. Semi-related to this, the neighbours who own one or two of the offending chupacabrae have sold their flat, and one can only hope assume that they'll take the poopers with them. I am also looking at inexpensive potting benches because my back is largely disinterested in another year of sorting things out on the ground.