It's all going to be about very hard work for the next month or two. The plot has to be cleared by 4th October and even with 4 of us doing it, it is a stretch.
Today at least it wasn't raining. First some photos of the current state from the lane outside:
What's behind the green door? .... the answer is brambles :(
Most of my work today was with the secateurs - taming the doorway and then making us a path so we could reach the shed and the greenhouse.
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| The view through the door when we started ... |
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| ... and when I left :) |
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I didn't realise quite how vicious brambles were before I started this; not that it was all brambles, no, there's also nettles and bindweed and couch grass, oh my! The pile in the second photo is one of my bramble piles - obviously we can't compost this so need a solution.
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| The view up to the sheds ... |
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| ... and when I left. |
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My purchase for the day has been some hedging shears from Wilkos. They aren't exactly high quality, having just cost me all of £3.50 but at that price I'm happy to use them for chopping everything back until they whimper and die. This way I might be able to do a bit more without bending.
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| The view back towards the door as I left |
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