The Quarry

This lovely circular area used to be my vegetable garden. It has 20 years of compost under all this.  But alas, the digger driver decided to dump all the waste crumbly concrete from the 100 year old wall on to it. We've (boys) got rid of a lot of the really big chunks - some had to be broken up with a kanga hammer - I even paid Hire-a-Hubby to cart some away.

 

Now we are sieving the remainder through a chicken wire mesh on a little frame. The stuff that falls through is lovely soil - mainly the old garden compost I guess. The rocks that fall on the outside will be just right for fill behind the new little retaining wall by the patio.  Slow slow slow work though, although very satisfying - you take a pile of rubbish and throw it at the sieve, and get 2 piles of excellently useful stuff.