18 June (Part 2) - Hedge. Funds
Mrs. Grootendorst
who is being prosecuted by Bexley council for a back garden which includes too
many sheds for their liking has been distracted from gardening by the
enormous problems caused by a rogue builder contracted to extend her house
who disappeared with half her funds, leaving it in an unfinished and dangerous
state. Other builders brought in to look at the damage have suggested that the
current stage should have been reached in a couple of weeks and not two months
as is the case; albeit through atrocious wet weather.
Realising that she has been neglecting her garden Rita is determined to improve
the front and rid it of the builder’s mess and, it has to be said, some of her own. On Saturday
the hedge was severely pruned
and Rita was up at dawn yesterday attacking it again. She sent me today’s photo before 10 a.m. yesterday.
Much more acceptable I think you will agree; there is no point in handing Bexley
council a real reason to pursue their vendetta. From the rear upstairs window
Rita’s garden looks more attractive than her neighbour’s but the same could not
be said of the front. That is about to change. Fill that skip and have it taken
away Rita. Don’t let the Bexley buggers get you down.
Rita’s previous builder is still lying low. That’s him in the picture.