I know what you’re thinking because I was thinking the exact same thing as I took this photo. Why didn’t I just get them to dump the soil directly into the hole?

I don’t have a good answer to that question and believe me, I was kicking myself as I spent the next hour shoveling a combination of earth, mulch and sheep shit into my hole which was right next to the pile! Still, at least I burnt some calories which I can use to justify the cheese, nibbles and wine I’m currently having for dinner because I’m too exhausted to do anything else.

In addition to filling in my hole, I also cleaned up the rest of the front garden, removed the dead and dying from the back garden and risked death by climbing on to the roof to clean some hard to reach gutters. I had asked Terri to drop by to hold the ladder for me whilst I was getting on and off the roof and to be on standby to make the 000 call if I fell through. She was no use however as she was laughing so much she was doubled over and not able to simulataneously secure the ladder. Apparently my butt looks comically huge when descending off a roof!

Nonetheless, the garden bed is made, the veggie patch and some empty pots are ready for autumn planting and everything looks neat and tidy. I need to wait a couple of weeks to let the new garden bed settle down and then it will be tree time! Yay!