Bird Bark & Buxus

Today at Toto's I had a number of jobs from laying down bark chips underneath the bird feeders to expanding the veg patch.
Toto's owner is an avid bird feeder (which is great) but when I first arrived the area under the trees where the bird feeders hang was covered in grass shoots and miscellaneous seedlings from the feeder and looked a little untidy in this otherwise well kept garden. In an effort to keep the area manageable we decided to put down a membrane and cover it with bark chips in an effort to stop the grass sprouting. Obviously if you dig up the sprouting grass you only unearth more seeds, perpetuating the problem. Hopefully in future we can just keep moving the bark chips around to dislodge the seeds and stop them from sprouting as the birds will always be fed in this garden.
Another of my jobs was filling the holes in the buxus hedge - seems I can't escape the little devils. I think the existing hedge suffered a bit due to other planting growing up and around it, which has been removed and placed elsewhere in the garden. The aim is to bring everything up to a level and have a little enclosed garden with a path going through the middle. It may take some time but it's gonna look fab when it's done.
Next visit - seed propagation for the veg patch - yes, it's that time of year at last!
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