After much drama entailing the delivery of massive steel beams and two lorry loads of cement being wheelbarrowed down the lane by a procession of 6 men (one of whom fell in and had to be rescued!), the foundations for the glasshouse are finally in place.

… and the reclaimed york paving has been skillfully laid in the upper terrace – planting areas still bare but at least now not covered in rubble. Rotten fence removed and ugly block wall painted by me – not perfect but much better and will anyway soon be covered in trachelospermum jasminoides (in my dreams…) I’m desperate to get plants in, but restraining myself until the wall has been surfaced and the mess cleared so as to give a proper perspective – and time to feed the soil.