The other side of the border is a path which runs alongside the main road. As this path is higher than our garden we are overlooked by the very few passers by (mainly dog walkers). As we have young children we want to thicken up the screening, although in the summer the leaves do this quite well and its only then the kids have less on if you see what I mean.

Out the back is alot of ivy. I read somewhere that wildlife likes stacks of logs etc so we have been building up the screen affect by adding the larger prunings such as the ivy we are thinning out from the trees. The ivy can then scramble over that. It would be too bigger job to totaly clear and start again, shortage of Money and time makes this prohibitive too.

The bank faces North west and the soil is quite fertile (all the leave mulsh prob) and crumbly and surprisingly moist for being under so many trees. I have no idea where hubbie dug up that pile in the picture from but it was mainly medium sized local stones which I have used as a mulch around the grasses I planted on Sunday so that has now shrunk considerably.

Along the hedge also grows a fearny feathery plant with tall flower spikes that remind me of cow parsley. It tends to take over and thats my main bug bear. There is also some of that sticky weed that clings to you. There is also some sort of ground cover which is grey folliage that creeps. There is also some vinca which I try and keep as much as possible as I like it!

The daffodills are mainly out the back and I am not sure if I should try feeding them or dig up the blind bulbs or both. There are also an awful lot of saplings which I think need weeding out as we go too.