We have a shared front lawn with our neighbours. When we first moved in, two trees had been planted by the builder. As these grew and grew, they both eventually had to come down, leaving a plain square of grass between the two properties.
Two years ago we dug out an oval bed in the centre of the lawn, and on Sunday, my neighbour Angie and I started to strip the turf to make what will be a shrub and flower bed that will give each of us with our own piece of front lawn, and at the same time, provide a pleasant view from our front windows.
Stripping the turf was the easy part. Digging out for the planting was a harder job altogether. The upper layer of ground contained a fair amount of builder's rubble, and after that we were into the clay. So we used copious quantities of fresh topsoil and compost for the holes we dug for the plants. We finished the digging and planting the next day after a visit to the garden centre to buy the shrubs. We did pick two beautiful days to be outside. We still need to topsoil between the plants and cover the shady far end with bark. That will leave the final extension of the bed at the front of the lawn to be tackled another day.
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