Is this a good idea?

Our focus has returned to the new 'Japanese' courtyard and Friday morning, 8 am 10 tonnes of gravel arrived.

So a lot of cardio-vascular exercise in store.

At the end of the afternoon when the energy levels had dropped, we started planting some of the shrubs on the mound.

After day 1

and day 2.

Progress may slow up as we're going to be battling cold mornings and then rain next week