Covering Up The Septic Tank Pipe For Nowt!

If you remember we replaced some of the sewer pipe a month or so a go.  I was going to buy a couple of ton of gravel and cover it up.  Then I decided to do it for nowt or nuffink.

I wanted it to be camouflaged but showing us where it is: a 'living 'sewer pipe.  So I got my shovel and dug my own 'borrow pit" or trench even at the bottom of the veg plot and duly carted and pushed copious amounts of soil via wheelbarrow.  Then I went to my plant nursery and planted 30 Cotoneaster horizontalis plants that I grew from cuttings last year.  Well we might make use of  them I can't sell them at a carboot  sale.

I also planted some Ajuga perennials to spread over the heaped soil while the Cotoneasters are growing.  I also planted some of my bamboo plants next to the septic tank to camouflage it.  It only took me six hours and my back didn't  half ache after all that digging andbarrowing.  Oh yeah.  I emptied the compost pile that Rosie was in the other day and filled the 'borrow' trench.  This will decompose and make find compost and replace the soil I took away.  Here's some photos:

Sewer pipe waiting to be camouflaged.  Notice the Phormiums in pots?  I split them last April.  April is a good month for dividing them because it's a wet month and April showers bring May flowers!

All covered up and planted.  It's good to do a garden project and spend no money in the process.  Must make some more Cotoneaster cuttings.

Have you done any garden or DIY projects cheaply or even for nothing?