Stone

The recent 'knock through' the back of La Grande Maison has left me with a good sized pile of stone. It's quite amazing how much comes from creating a relatively small opening, but in fairness, considering that the depth of the walls are some sixty centimetres, perhaps I shouldn't be that suprised.

This is the good stuff. The very material used to build the house now put to use in making the garden. You see  I'm in the process of losing much of the lawn in the courtyard, instead creating raised beds. I need more of the view pictured below, the dry garden, but it's a labour of love. In an ideal world I would simply dig over the lawn and plant, et voila, but lurking a few inches below the topsoil from which the grass grows are layers of castine (gravel) and general spoil from when the place was built, so the hard 'graft' solution remains my only option.

Once I finish building the low walls, I'll need to import some seven or so cubic metres of topsoil before I can start to plant up.  As for a planting list, now there's a question. Whoever the potential incumbents, they'll need to take it droughty.

To be continued...