Lawn Edging From Logs - Part 2

 So after my first posts about the lawn edging I then needed to peg them in place and fill the bed with compost.

To do this I used some of the cleft sweet chestnut I had left from building my rose arch. Putting a point on with a side axe is a job that only takes a few seconds. 

I then knocked these in with a sledge hammer, after making a hole with an old buckrake tine. Should hold them in place and not rot out too quick. 

This year I have bought in some peat free compost/mulch. It seems to dry out quickly but is weed free and ideal for starting a new bed like this. I laid down some old paper feedbags first then put a 4" layer of compost on top. 

I then had to leave it until I got my palings in and fitted. As soon I had I got the plants I'd ordered in the ground. I want a lavender hedge. I think it will be attractive, provide a useful herbal plant and also attract pollinators. 

I spaced these out evenly and got them planted. 

Then, as these will take a few years to really come into their own I put some marigolds around them. Saves leaving the soil bare and should provide some real colour this summer. 

There are still lots of areas to tackle in my garden but I'm hoping this will be one small area that's a bit easier to manage. 

I'm tempted to treat the other side of this fence a bit like a veg bed and herb boarder. I've got lots of rosemary cuttings that are ready to be planted as well as about 20 perennial kale plants that could go in, they'd be easy to net against the fence and it would provide lots of spring greens next year. 

Anyone else grown a lavender hedge like this? Think it will work well in the context?