Amateur Gardening

The shady, sloping garden

DETERMINED gardeners Jacky and David Lumby knew they had their work cut out when they moved into their home on the edge of the New Forest 14 years ago.

A site with green sand, a slope and mature trees meant that coping with dry soil would become a way of life for the couple, who had full-time jobs when they

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