Tags
buddleia, Eyesore, Honeysuckle, Messy, Neglected garden, Overgrown
I’m sure Shakespeare would forgive the misquote, this stump removal is fast turning into Shakespearian tragedy!
Those of you who may have read along for the last year or two may remember the gnarled mass of shrubs, in varying stages of life and death. The area spans around 10ft by 8ft. This is how it looked when we moved in, up to now
We found several Honeysuckles, a Pampas grass or two, a many stemmed Buddleia and an old cat skeleton! The poor cat must have waundered in and got stuck. The soil level is a good couple of feet higher than anywhere else, due to vegetation rotting. No pruning has happened here for a very long time! Thw greenery you see is the top of the plants, the inside was brown and twiggy. I pulled a matrix of Nettle roots out that was so thick, it was like a carpet!
The skip was filled in no time at all, in fact we could have done with a second skip! The cost was prohibitive so Mr Corvus did some compacting and managed to fit more in.
After much hard work, blood, sweat and profanity that would cause a sailor to blush, ta dah
We have edging stones! They were buried but we found them. It makes the garden so much tidier without the solid mass of twisty branches.
Hopefully we can get the stump out and crack on with the planters and trellis to screen the garden off from the road.
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