On 12/02/2015 15:47, Another John wrote:
In article ,
Spider wrote:

lots!

Spider - brilliant - thanks very much, and thanks very much also to
Chris and to Frank, who have provided great advice, and videos. (Of
course, one can always google for advice (and videos), but googling is a
poor substitute for getting the wisdom born of experience, such as we
see in a group such as this!)

Just for the record Spider, no that's not a crack in the soil -- it's a
dead twig actually :-)


Right! I can see it is now:~).

The soil is in fact very wet; moreover, a mole
has been churning up hills around there, and while I was working
yesterday (for five hours!),

now you're just showing off;~)!

my boots regularly acquired an inch or two
of the stickiest mud I've known. [I was reminded of a Desperate Dan
episode where he walks around and around in the snow, to build his boots
up so he can reach the top of a house!]

LOL! I can do that with mud round here!

I've now finished the new arch and will enthusiastically put all your
good advice to use.

Thanks again to all
John


Glad the arch is in place. Any chance of a pic once the rose is in
flower? You've been so helpful to your friend, I'm sure they'll let you
in again with your camera:~).
--
Spider.
On high ground in SE London
gardening on heavy clay