You’re garden’s really coming on a treat, Mitch. The flower beds surrounding the Suntrap will be a lovely place to sit in the Summer. Accepting that I know nothing of gardening – have you planted bulb in those beds that will flower, in rotation, throughout the year? Or replant with new flowers once the tulips go over?
Ah, the joys of double-digging the potato patch with my dad. (Well, with a fork, following after my dad, who was wielding the spade and doing all the hard work. 😉 ) I grew up in the Thames Valley and the soil there is, not surprisingly for an ancient flood plain, also hideously hard work. Bad enough digging standing up – I have nothing but the deepest respect for the idea of digging it from a sitting position!