Organic dry stone wall building
Dry stonewall construction using pure manpower, upcycled local rocks and on-site earth. We transformed part of the garden by adding a lovely rustic feature to look at and plant on.
Building a wonderwall in Alverton
We built a strong and beautiful dry stone wall onto the rear perimeter embankment of a garden, with every stone carefully placed to create a small work of art. We collected local rocks from friendly neighbors who gave them away for free.
Firstly, we ripped out the old rotten fence panel (which literally had putrid-looking mushrooms growing out of it) and then we excavated a large area of old earth that had been used as a monolithic green waste heap by the previous incumbent for many years and had now rotten down into soil covered over with brambles. It basically had "F off" written all over it and wasn't nice to look at at all.
Encaked within the soil was a time capsule of old toys and metal thingamajigs (yes, that word is in the dictionary), some of which we recycled, like a children's trowel, which actually makes for quite a handy tool for gently applying soil to fill in gaps between the stones of the wall.
After a few sessions, the project had been completed, without using any noisy polluting machinery or supporting a concrete industry with an enormous carbon footprint. Our client now has a charming new feature to look at and didn't spend a penny on materials.
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Pressure washing
A pressure washer can acheive so many things. This amazing tool can clean the naturally occouring layers of outer scum from paving stones, concrete, walls, wood, glass and metal.
Brush cutting to clear bramble patches
Brambles are too difficult to deal with by hand, that's why you need a brush cutter. I use a 56v battery powered bike-handled strimmer with a blade attachment for the quick and efficient annihilation of bramble patches. Ready for the burn.
Rejuvenating the beer garden in Penzances oldest pub
Sourcing, growing and planting out to bring the beer garden back to life for the spring with whole range of local and exotic plants for charming summer flower displays and range of colored leaves for all year round.
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Lawn mowing, edge strimming, hedge cutting and leaf blowing for effective in and outs
Organic dry stone wall building
Dry stonewall construction using pure manpower, upcycled local rocks and on-site earth. We transformed part of the garden by adding a lovely rustic feature to look at and plant on.
Replacing fence posts
Fence posts become weakened over time and recent storms have brought damage to many of our clients fences. We spent a session ripping out rotten wood posts and installing new ones. Simple
Aesthetic town-house gardening
Springtime townhouse gardening means some getting down and dirty with some serious summer preparation. The weather is getting warmer and gardens are becoming great spaces to hang out in and sunbathe again.
Spring has arrived in Penzance
It’s a wonderful time to be living in Penzance during the early spring months when the flowers and trees and hedges begin to bloom all around the beauty of the town is amplified by its lush wildlife and well manicured gardens
Slash and burn clearance
The recent storm brought about a wide array of damages to many properties and their adjacent gardens. One of which being the falling of many beloved trees and hedges.
Building wooden veggie beds
We replaced the fungus ridden rotten old wood panels of the existing veggie beds and installed better, newer ones. We used recycled timber from the stockpile left over by the builders who had previously been at the house.
Weeding out invasive plants
Weeding needs to be done to keep your prized beds beautiful and healthy. Chemical weeding is not a good option on beds, so a lot of work needs to be done by hand with tools like trowels, handforks and seccateurs
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