I’ve been planning to remodel the garden ever since we moved in two and a half years ago.

The garden is very small by most standards and miniscule compared to the size of the gardens that surround us here in our rural Somerset village. Having such a small garden was a bone of contention for me when we were deciding whether to buy the house. I wanted a bigger garden and although I loved the house, there was a small garden-shaped shadow over my excitement when we moved in.

But ...