It has to get worse...

...before it gets better. The re-planting of the planting pockets has begun - very messy indeed. Interspersing thrift with lavender and replacing old woody lavender and weeds and totally new soil. The 15 x 1ltr thrift plants I had ordered were not enough for the whole space so we did what we could and might do the same again next year for the remaining strip. Tam considers this level of intense work to be "agriculture" rather than "gardening".  Anyway, it looks a load better and I really hope it takes. The key will of course be the MiL test. Observing from the bus stop across Commercial Street recently "it all looks very scrappy" ;-) Extra photo shows the end result.