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29-07-2004, 08:36 PM

(Steve Harris) wrote in message ...
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(Broadback) wrote:

the land is very sloping, and any topsoil has been washed to the
bottom.

So probably a good idea to plant/landscape to avoid your new soil going
the same way.

Sounds like a case for terracing, doesn't it? This can be bold and
obvious, or quite unobtrusive; very formal, or natural-looking;
formal near the house, informal further away. The pick and shovel or
mini-digger will be called for! Doesn't all need to be done in a
single season, though; but if it _is_ done in stages the design will
need to allow for the next year's delivery not wrecking what's been
built already. Could have a lovely water-feature, pumping the same
water back to the top; pipe would need to be laid before the
terracing.

I envy you: it'll be terrific fun. There's no feeling like making a
garden from scratch, especially with such scope for individuality.

Mike.