Wrack and Ruin

A mid-life crisis in narrow gauge

Overgrown

Overgrowth As you can see, the vegetation is crowding in on the loading gauge, entropy has taken hold and soon nature will reclaim the trackbed, leaving only a melancholy set of rusting rails somewhere amidst the foliage.

Excellent!

Obviously, I’ve pulled up the worst weeds - the larger ones growing between the sleepers that were going to cause derailments. The lawn edge also needs strimming to prevent the grass fouling the line. But generally, I’m trying to check my urge to clean and tidy too much, and hope the plant life takes over.

Track growth My little crop of “Mind your own business” is flourishing, although it still has a way to go before spilling over on to the trackbed. I’m keeping the ground clear around it so it has room to take over. The second pot isn’t doing so well, probably because it was left on the kitchen sill for too long and the sun nearly killed it off. But fair credit, it has started to revive since planting and should recover. I’ve also planted some sedums and a bit of thyme; they’ll need about a year to get established.