Thursday, June 11, 2026
landslide
I was just thinking about how next door has a tendency for the land to slide down to the road, and apparently ours doesn't. It occurred to me that it might be just down to roots. We have plenty of roots in and under all areas of the front garden. Next door has for a long time had basically a waterproof surface, so no roots and relatively dry. There has been only small changes recently, and most of them have been right at the bottom.
I wonder how they could improve this. The passageway down the side above the gate is useless, but just below would be fine. I would just drill a number of holes though the tarmac. This would be beneficial for the bank between the properties and encourage root growth from our side all the way down to the road.
The other side of their property is more difficult, and their only hope is dependent on what the builders do the other side. Since there is a big underground carpark, I doubt if anything is possible.
I forecast the death of all the trees along the bank at least up to the side gate.
My solution would be to construct a flower bed joining the house to the bank, moving the car parking to our side. Turning round may become a problem, and backing up would be a problem. But on could have porous tracks for the wheels into the bed.
Alternatively buy space in the underground car park, and remove all the tarmac. Not sure what to do with the charger. But the flats have exactly that problem anyway so let them solve it for you.
When we have driverless cars, the problem disappears anyway, because you just tell to change itself.
And tell it to park elsewhere overnight. That is if you bother with owning your own car.
M
