Gardening programmes and newspaper columns give lots of advice on how to add new plants to your garden and how to make plants grow.
I have the opposite problem, my garden is getting overgrown and out of control.
There are established shrubs with thick trunks, 8 ft high roses, the odd conifer, thorn bushes and creeping vines.
I guess there is no easy answer, I just have to chop them back and dig some of them out.
After a few back breaking sessions and trips to the dump over a couple of weeks, I have nearly finished the chopping back stage.
But I need to get my garden under control. As I get older I can't be doing this every spring.
Any ideas? I suppose I need to tame the garden twice a year, every spring and autumn?
I have the opposite problem, my garden is getting overgrown and out of control.
There are established shrubs with thick trunks, 8 ft high roses, the odd conifer, thorn bushes and creeping vines.
I guess there is no easy answer, I just have to chop them back and dig some of them out.
After a few back breaking sessions and trips to the dump over a couple of weeks, I have nearly finished the chopping back stage.
But I need to get my garden under control. As I get older I can't be doing this every spring.
Any ideas? I suppose I need to tame the garden twice a year, every spring and autumn?