Against all odds - Barbara Sommerville

Late in 1998 Barbara Sommerville eventually found and bought a derelict cottage surrounded by nearly an acre of wilderness in West Norfolk. After a fraught time rebuilding the cottage she relinquished her Cambridge terrace and moved into her new home to begin creating a garden. The first hole she dug revealed that the acre was not only on the site of an old Brecklands sand-pit, but was also infested with rabbits, moles, voles and deer. This charming little book tells the story of the conquest of builders, gardeners' vermin, nettles and honey fungus, not to mention extreme drought, to make, at last, a beautiful garden.Written with wit and humour, this book will delight all who love gardens - and particularly those who would relish the extreme challenges presented by this one.