Over the last couple of months, on the fine weekends (which have been few and far between) we have been steadily ripping out the over-grown garden that we inherited with the house. Very therapeutic!
I am concious that it looks OK in these photos but in the reality was a lot of old, woody, overgrown plants which had had their day. There was a lemongrass herb which was 1.5m in diameter! Everything was also too big for what is actually a relatively small block of land.
By the end of last weekend, after days of work - all that was left was these piles of plants.
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| The smaller of three cotton palms was swiftly destroyed |
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| Random bricks found throughout the garden beds |
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| And the rest (this pile is almost 2m high)! |
We have left the olives, the gum, a magnolia, some roses and a weeping cherry - but most of the rest is gone. The work plan from here is extensive and will take us many more months of replanting and re-modelling (not sure if this is the right word?) the lawn. We are going for something neater and simpler. And monochromatic of course. But given I have no track record in keeping plants alive - most important are plants which are low maintenance!
