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The garden directly to the front of the house is lawn, er well, OK, grass which stretches down to the pond. To the left the land rises sharply and there we planted an assortment of trees and ground cover shrubs. The intention was that it would be low maintenance, but that is not how it is in practice. Brambles and nettles run rampant. Battling them is exactly that, with scratches and stings to prove it.
For a number of reasons we neglected this area of the garden for a few years but have recently begun tackling it again, giving the Webmaster and excuse to buy a new chainsaw which he has been busy learning how to use.
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The ground around the dozen of so trees on the hill behind our house has become overgrown with brambles, nettles and other weeds. The small pond between the trees has silted up with the grit and gravel washed down from the road. One of these trees, a horse chestnut, "Andy's tree" is of great sentimental value as it is where his ashes are buried. It was the only one that had routinely been kept clear of the weeds over the years, but on my long list of retirement projects was the restoration of the this small wooded area and pond.
