There he was digging this 'ole........

Some of you will remember the song, if you are old enough!!

You may remember that last year I/we started to create a woodland bed at the beginning of the alley. As most of the shrubs which like shady conditions also like acid soil we had to keep them in pots as our soil is alkaline. However it didn't look very attractive so I planned to bury the pots once the ground was moist enough. Not an easy task as the soil is very shallow and almost solid stone. But I have an assistant who never lets anything beat him so he spent all morning digging holes for me to "plant" the shrubs and disguise the pots. It certainly looked better.