Now for the 'second' roof......
Well the work continues - slowly, but very surely!
Now it's the turn of the second roof which protrudes enough to cover/protect the terrace around the house on the ground floor.
We (Eros and I) have agreed that when the 'hole' surrounding their house is filled in - up to the height of the 'ground floor terrace' - they will continue at the same height accross my garden. This will ensure that water will not drain off their terrace and garden and into mine. Of course it will mean that some of my shrubs will be 'semi buried' for a season...but they are all good mature shrubs and should survive with no trouble. The added height will also allow easier access to my 'lower garden' as the slope that was there before was wide enought to drive a car down....but I lost more than half that width when the patio and driveway were laid. I'm not too sure how the remaining five fruit trees will cope with suddenly having their trunks almost covered with earth. But the locals assure me they will be OK. Well if nothing else that will make collecting the fruit sooooooo easy!!! HOORAY!
posted by Carole B @ 10:25 AM
1 Comments:
Hi Carole,
I don't know how much of the tree trunk you are going to bury. I think that if it is more than a few inches, maybe twelve, it would be better to build a wall out of brick or stone leaving the original gound exposed around the trunk. I have seen this done different times in the US and for the life of me I can't remember how much dirt will kill the tree. I think that by buring the trunk you are covering up roots and they won't get water. Also, if the tree was grafted you don't want the graft buried. Stay warm,
Gil
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