Todays task is to try and put in the chestnut retaining wall along the excavated bank at the back of the house.  The diggers made us a small trench last week as it would have been a nightmare to try and bang the stakes into the chalk.

As there is quite a large step at the back we are going to create a stepped bank, with a planting bed at mid height between the proposed lawn (at the low level) and raised garden above.

First job to mark out the centre of the house, as there will be steps up to the high level in line with this.