Tackling an Overgrown Jungle of a Garden... and Winning.
I had a lot of interest in my recent post about tackling those two flower beds at the end of the garden. So... I thought I'd share what it used to look like.
That's me getting to grips with some garden loppers. The 'plant' next to me is (was) apparently a forsythia that had been allowed to go nuts. It flopped over in all directions and actually started to root back in the ground again.
And here is a 'then and now' picture. I still can't believe I did it. It took several years to go from one to the other (had to wait for the snow to melt for starters!) but you can see just how overgrown it was. The section near the house has gone through a lot of changes as well so I'll share some pics on that at some stage too.
Here's the remnants of the forsythia. I've cut it down further but it is so deeply rooted I can't get rid of the stump entirely. It is now a feature - and another reminder - in the new flower bed.
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