ATTICUS AND HEDGES

 

Atticus is relieved to finally be changed out of the Santa suit ! Yes I know it's the last day of February but in truth if this set had not arrived in the post from Michelle, he'd probably still be in it !

Atticus is standing near all the bits of branches from our neighbours hedge !

Our neighbour reduced his hedge height a few years back and all was well , however his  gardeners 

complained that they couldn't reach the top!! Don't think they had heard of ladders or attachments or even scaffold boards ! Finally last year his new gardeners gave him a price to reduce it down again and he and us have been waiting ever since for it to happen ! In that time it's now about seven foot above the original cut back and like a row of mini trees on top of the hedge.

Paul's been nagging him on and off, the gardener's been making excuses so finally , the neighbour came round to borrow our chainsaw !

So Paul told him he'd give him a hand as we didn't want him hurting himself by trying to do it on his own.

This is what just two pieces look like that came down on our side ! And they were too heavy for Paul to move without cutting for some branches.

and of course they managed to break a love clay pot that had tulip bulbs just starting to appear ! 

So a gap is appearing, they stopped for a few hours and for Paul to have a look at the chainsaw which had started playing up.

So about ten foot done , although needs tidying up once all down. The tall green in the centre is his hedge the other side, which is nothing to do with us and he'll need to chase up his gardeners about .

So just another seventy foot to go !! And that's after we cut the hedge back to the fence line to put up our fence a few years back ! Maybe his gardeners will turn up?  Mm I doubt it, well not until they can say, sorry there are birds nesting so we'll have to wait !

and this is my flower garden !  Mutter mutter !

"Come on mum it will be worth it in the end " say Atticus " let's go have a cuppa, you know it will make it all seem better "