The eyesore that is the back of our garden. It's hard to tell from that picture, but the climbing frame leans dangerously to one side.
We inherited it from previous owners (was pristine when we looked round, natch) and it turns out they hadn't put any weed-membrane under the rubber Two years later and my OH has been gradually digging up the rubber and planting grass seed. The rubber is still in bags waiting to be... I don't know, collected? Taken to the tip? Sprout wings and fly away?
Don't even talk to me about the raised bed at the back. Full sun, sheltered - full of brambles and bindweed.
For extra points, we think that the fencing at the corner is being held up by the rampant bamboo - or vice-versa.
Edit: the climbing frame isn't actually dangerous, or so I'm assured. It just looks like its about to fall down.
I'm giving it a good look over and it does show signs of promise Sparkles but it also shows signs of activity! There are sticks and flat parts. Any self respecting bramble grower knows that there is room for improvement here. I don't wish to boast but my own brambles were in the region of fifteen to twenty feet in length!
Are the swings at different heights? I sincerely hope so and I also like that your climbing frame is at a jaunty angle. That always gives a nice touch and confuses sober passers by.
I put Wren in this one to show the scale of what I'm battling here. A PHORMIUM!!!!!
She got into this one herself and it is a wee slip of a dogwood. That's the narrow side we're looking at. It's twice that size from front to back.
I've cleared another bank and Wren's quite taken with this modelling thing!! Just to the left of her in the pic there is a tree stump about 12-15" across. The whole ensemble is surrounded by rotting/rotted sleepers and the green tufts are soft rushes!
Is this trickery? I noticed some wood avens in the background of the first picture. Are they huge too? Do you live near a nuclear power plant? I've played plants and zombies and I'm a bit uneasy
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The eyesore that is the back of our garden. It's hard to tell from that picture, but the climbing frame leans dangerously to one side.
We inherited it from previous owners (was pristine when we looked round, natch) and it turns out they hadn't put any weed-membrane under the rubber
Two years later and my OH has been gradually digging up the rubber and planting grass seed. The rubber is still in bags waiting to be... I don't know, collected? Taken to the tip? Sprout wings and fly away?
Don't even talk to me about the raised bed at the back. Full sun, sheltered - full of brambles and bindweed.
For extra points, we think that the fencing at the corner is being held up by the rampant bamboo - or vice-versa.
Edit: the climbing frame isn't actually dangerous, or so I'm assured. It just looks like its about to fall down.
Last edited: 07 June 2016 16:36:58
Welcome sparkles.
I'm giving it a good look over and it does show signs of promise Sparkles but it also shows signs of activity! There are sticks and flat parts. Any self respecting bramble grower knows that there is room for improvement here. I don't wish to boast
but my own brambles were in the region of fifteen to twenty feet in length! 
Are the swings at different heights? I sincerely hope so and I also like that your climbing frame is at a jaunty angle. That always gives a nice touch and confuses sober passers by.
A fine unjob Sparkles. Keep up the good slothing.
I meant to say earlier, but was too lazy -
Best. Thread. Ever!
Been lurking for a while, but kept having a problem with page errors.
I put Wren in this one to show the scale of what I'm battling here. A PHORMIUM!!!!!
She got into this one herself and it is a wee slip of a dogwood. That's the narrow side we're looking at. It's twice that size from front to back.
I've cleared another bank and Wren's quite taken with this modelling thing!!
Just to the left of her in the pic there is a tree stump about 12-15" across. The whole ensemble is surrounded by rotting/rotted sleepers and the green tufts are soft rushes!
This is not slothery...this is madness!
We can't be doing with lurkery Sparkles! We didn't get where we are today by lurking you know.
Is this trickery? I noticed some wood avens in the background of the first picture. Are they huge too? Do you live near a nuclear power plant? I've played plants and zombies and I'm a bit uneasy
It wasn't mine. someone mentioned changing their name by weed poll