| When I first viewed my plot I was really pleased, it
had been rough dug which meant I wasn't taking on a complete wilderness. There was a fair amount of litter that had come through the hedge and
stacks of rotten wood piled behind the drums.
However, I was a little worried about the collection of rusty oil
drums, complete with very sharp edges and holes. |
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It was clear that as there is no water supply on the
site barrels of some sort would be required to collect water. Interestingly the barrels all had a short length of hose pipe linking them
together just below the rim. This was to prevent any one barrel overflowing and
wasting the water. The hose lengths meant that water would always flow into the barrel
either side so that all the barrels would be full before water was lost. |
| Over the top of the barrels was some corrugated
plastic which had been tied to rusty steel poles with electrical wire. Just waiting for me
to poke myself in the eye with or sustain a nasty cut. |
As you can see there were also some mouldy cushions
and under those was a rotten box. |
Luckily a handy supply of free 200 Litre plastic
barrels was at hand. I now have four of these. They won't rust and have no sharp edges. I
have replicated the hose overflow links as they seemed a good idea. |
| A couple of trips to the tip and a small bonfire
later and I had a safe working space. I found no less than four broken Forks, 1 broken
Spade and a very rusty old Hoe. |
The hedge was given a bit of a trim to tidy it up.
On closer inspection the hedge is mainly hawthorn, with Brambles for good measure. Very
dense and spiky. |
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