Phases ii and iii

 By the time the first phase of the new bonsai area was complete John had really got into his stride and battled on until the second area was finished. Initially this involved moving some beams from our neighbour's barn to the end of our alley. By the end of the morning John had to admit that the ageing process was taking it's toll.

Ignoring this minor problem he marked out the area with the beams and then began filling it with odd scraps of wood unearthed when he remade the wood pile.

 Then he cleared the bank behind the two new beds before putting the wood chippings down in the second area.  Inevitably we ran out of chippings. As we knew that the shop only had a few bags left we took off immediately (with the curfew looming) as we were fearful that we would not be able to get the same ones.

All was well and we secured the last five bags and John was able to complete the job the next day.

However as we were taking these final photos of phase ii we both agreed that really the project would look much better with a third area! Fortunately there were enough beams left to make another area, but unfortunately it would mean moving a large portion of the wood pile yet again. Furthermore we were able to secure more chippings at the Cahors branch of the store. Anxious to avoid a repeat of the previous problem this time we bought far too many bags. Never mind we could put them on the rose beds, but inevitably yet again we were a few bags short.........

... but that's another story!