The shaping of a flower bed.
Let me start by saying that I am not a gardener. I have tried a few times to nurture a plant or two. Those attempts quickly laid bare my lack of any skill. Recently however, we moved to the UK and into a house with a lovely garden. Winter has come and is now on its way out and its time to get into gardening. We have neighbours who are great at it and are also kind enough to pop over and give advice. One day our neighbour came across and showed me what was to be done to certain bits of the garden so as to create room for a flower bed. He basically stuck a fork in the ground and pulled out huge chunks of the ground. Following his advice that’s what I have been busy with – turning over big chunks of the ground and making room for two flower beds. The idea (as much as I have learned so far) is to dig the ground and pull out all weeds and roots that are found underneath and then work the ground to create the flower bed I sat there today in the middle of this project and loo...