Parabolic Shear

Working hard all day can be very rewarding. After screening the rest of the soil/ballast that our predecessor had turned into a rockery, we set about moving all the soil that was surplus to requirements from the lower bed in the back garden. We are now left with 3 piles. One is ballast/soil mix which may or may not get screened in the future. One is subsoil (I have my own plans for this), the other is topsoil. The latter will be used in the next phase of the garden renovations.

If you are wondering about the title of this blog, don't worry. There is one person who will know exactly what it is about, and hopefully will smile when he sees it. Happy memories of team meetings (in the 'good old days')!
Having moved as much soil as necessary, we set about digging the bed over. A spit deep revealed rather a lot of naturally occurring stone. This is just some of the stone we unearthed.

Finally we have an area nearly ready for planting.

A bit of weathering and a few clogs to knock out then all that remains is to get the plants organised and get planting.