The clocks have now gone back, and we have much shorter days to work in our plots. At Driftwood, the big autumn clear-up is well under way now, after having to hold fire a little due to the recent TV location filming. The large conifer at the top of the garden had grown really large and needed a trim to bring it back down to size. In all the 20 years we have lived here, I have only had it professionally cut by a tree surgeon once. I contacted the same guys and they returned recently to cut out t