Almost 2 hours clearing brambles just to be able to get to the fence! Then having to align it with the existing fence which had not been placed according to the boundary lines.
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Rose rescue
Had to dig out this old rose for a client.. Want to see if it revives.. Watch this space
Clearance
Bushes and hedges
Big hedges!
Using a long reach hedge trimmer plus extension – – TBH not great for the shoulders and my squash game ! Trigger point therapy needed! Link to book, very useful and interesting! https://g.co/kgs/oGkcky
Monday morning bed clearance
This week
Weeding and planting hardy Gerberas. Lavender trimming, lawn mowing and autumn lawn treatment, dead heading roses, more weeding. Hedges.. Reducing width.
Challenge accepted . And completed..
Some gardens this week..
Hedges and bushes; now that summer is almost over these are starting to require attention.. as well as keeping on top of the dead heading, keep those blooms coming!!
The importance of dead-heading
As the article states, don’t just pull the spent flowers off, use a sharp pair of secateurs and cut the stern back to the next year leaf or not and you will be rewarded with a flush of new flowers.
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