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It's hard graft, a large hoe is easier than digging with a spade I think.
What colour did you for? I bought a white climbing hydrangea.
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Ha, it was sticky London clay combined with rocks, concrete, plates, old tiles etc so nothing but a spade and taking it down to undisturbed soil then removing all the detritus would work here unfortunately.
Finished up about an hour ago. Hopefully will sleep well tonight. I'm bit sure of the colour yet. It's a freebee from my mate who is a professional gardener and he's not said. It'll take a while for it all to settle back down to ground level and for the worms to do their thing with the compost. Today marks the 10 time in 2 years I've emptied the hotbin. Such an amazing purchase.
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Halfway through digging /enlarging the border on the left hand side of the garden this morning. Tough going especially the area which was previously lawn. 3 rubble sacks and a couple of hundred kg of pavers/ bricks etc so far. Going to dig 200l of hot bin contents in and ultimately plant a climbing hydrangea there. I'm mourning the loss of my strength and the ability to work physically all day as I near 45 and sit in an office all day. :)