Brambles
Posted in Idling on 09/18/2007 07:34 am by foolhandyThe time spent in the garden on Sunday involved me trying to rid the gravelled area of brambles. I may end up feeling like Canute, because brambles are not a plant that takes being got rid of lying down, but I had to do something because they were taking over a large part of the garden and the trailing branches were going over next-door’s fence.
Here’s the evidence of my labours, with before at the top and after at the bottom…
It’s a slightly different camera angle but it is the same spot in the garden. Some of the trailing branches were 2-3 metres away, and I had to cut back most of the bush the brambles were in because they’d become one and the same. It’ll need another going over because I couldn’t find the secateurs to use on the fiddly bits, and there’s still a large multiple-root clump sticking through the under-gravel plastic which will recreate the problem if it’s not dealt with, but other than that I’m quite pleased with the job. And only two small scratches to!
09/18/2007 at 9:16 am
Well done you! We did a bit of gardening last week - I don’t like doing it at all.
09/18/2007 at 9:19 am
Thank you. I love it so long as I can devote time to it and I don’t have to touch slugs or spiders. And there’s no cat shit lying around! Big plans are afoot for the garden over the next couple of years.
I find it very therapeutic and satisfying.
09/20/2007 at 4:53 am
It IS satisfying isn’t it? I’m battling the blasted invasive vine at my place now but have to continue into the neighbouring vacant plots as otherwise it simply goes from tree top to tree top. Gets rid of lots of pent up anger in the process.
09/20/2007 at 7:43 am
It was so great to have a day to do it in - it wasn’t a job I had to fit into a few minutes, I could do it as I wished. It makes such a difference.