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Hole digging has commenced! I have a picture of some bare soil over on my pillowfort.

Husband helped me measure out the area and strimmed the long grass for me first (to the best of his ability. Conditions weren't very good for it), but I did all the digging myself. I have made a small start at digging it over the first time just to see how difficult that was going to be compared to lifting the turf, and the answer is A Lot Easier! Thank Cat for that! I'm glad I chose the bed for 5 square meters and not 10! As you can tell, the lawn has been wild on purpose for years, which didn't make it any easier.

I ordered the plants in a hurry yesterday, because I saw the bed I actually wanted had sold out, so I've wound up with my second choice. This one is mixed plants for biodiversity rather than native for pollinators, but to be honest, I can't think that there can be that big a difference. Doesn't really make that big a difference for me anyway.

Husband has rewarded me with a cup of tea (I'm weirdly thirsty this afternoon for some reason!) and I'm rewarding myself with a bit of Stardew Valley, which feels appropriate.

I have a project I want to do in the garden. I've been wanting to do it for a month now, but Husband told me to wait until now because that would give me a better chance of success.

I want to make a new bed with native plants for pollinators. A plant nursery that I have ordered from before offers just such a thing. A collection of plants and a plan for how to avoid putting the tallest one in front and the smallest one behind them (which I would 100% otherwise have done!). I call it the kit bed. :)

So first thing to do is basically just dig a big hole in the lawn. Husband said it was now late enough in the year and we've had some rain that I can think about starting.

Therefore it is of course going to rain solidly all afternoon and we're under a blue (lowest level, but still) weather warning for heavy rain and thunder.

*sigh*