5th September 2005. On the weekend I finally managed to hack my way through to the very back of the property. I am still pulling barbs of hawthorn out of my hands and scalp. *ouch* But at least I've discovered another half an acre. Well ... not quite half an acre, but it is a large area.

6th September 2005. Have taken cuttings from the hawthorn hedge (sorry, the Historic Hawthorn Hedge) so that, hopefully, I'll have some nice little shrubs going by the time there's space to plant them down at the rear of the property where the hedge has failed somewhat. The verandah continues to inch towards completion. (Later update - these cuttings never succeeded: took more from growing softwood. Later update, these never bloody succeeded, either.)

7th September 2005. Saw my first bumble bee in my garden today. I have been waiting for this day with much anticipation. Apparently someone smuggled in an illegal hive from (possibly) New Zealand, and the chubby bumblebee has been spreading slowly but surely ever since.

I'll have to build some bumble bee boxes for them.