Hendstock Hard Labour

At about this time of year I start to wonder if Hendstock is worth all the hard work. We started the day by putting up some bamboo fencing (far right). This serves 2 purposes; to stop anyone jumping/falling in the pool and to hide the side of the garden affectionately known as 'trailer trash'. It's a mess.

We have weeded, swept, chopped, pruned, mowed, strummed, burned and raked. The poor specimen in the foreground was a forsythia, I think. D went a bit mad with the chain saw. My mum won't be happy. It now looks so ugly we need to hide it with something. The string of solar lights D went out and bought isn't going to make it look any prettier.

Tomorrow I need to start on the house.