Sandman

Time passes by fast at least if it comes to summer. The longest day is over meaning we are getting closer to winter again. I can't say I really felt that summer yet. It kept raining and only since a week (or shorter) the temps are higher (it did rain, let's say it saves me time watering the plants).

I try to make a garden as a gift and it's not easy since most of what we have is sand instead of good soil.

I’m leaving the old paving slabs, which remind me of the past (as in the song ‘Mr Sandman’), and the gravel pavers in place, although some of them do need to be laid a bit higher. Sunken slabs only make the water problem worse when it rains. There is a drain, incidentally, but it’s not much use. I’ve never seen any water drain away through it. It may be full of sand or mud, or just as bad as the sewer system (heavy rain always leads to a blocked toilet!).