In the next phase of Operation Good Life (named after Tom and Barbara Good from the 70s sitcom where they tried to escape the rat race and live off the land), all of the 1 tonne of gravel has been shovelled, moved and laid ready for the greenhouse parts to arrive on Monday.

Meanwhile I persuaded Mrs Fogg to buy some more trees, unbeknown to her it was to complete my love of symmetry and ensuring they were stragetically placed to form and equilateral triangle, in rows of 4, 3,2,1. That is now the orchard completed in the meadow