AND THE BAD NEWS IS...

... we've got so much ground cover ivy in the back garden, that we will lose the hedge within two years unless we can get rid of it.

So, a trip to Heighley Gate to get a weedkiller specifically for ivy is on the agenda for tomorrow.

Chris has done a really good job of cutting everything back and tidying up. In fact the garden looks much bigger! He's cut down the cordyline that suffered so badly during the winter, leaving a neat stumpy clump, which may or may not grow again. If it doesn't at least it'll be easier to dig out now.

And, the creeper that I first noticed last year and has reappeared this year with a vengeance is, in fact, 'Morning Glory' - it's happily choking everything in it's path, or it was until I took drastic action this afternoon and hopefully got rid of most of it. May need to get more weedkiller for that tomorrow as well.

It is, however, going to 'chuck it down' tomorrow and for the next few days (which is why he came today, of course) so may have to do any treatments when there is a period of dry weather forecast again.