The back garden

The back garden has been showing signs of life:

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As well as a serious case of over growth:

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As bushes, grass, and weeds are all starting to show a bit of green, it seemed like a good time to tend to our little fruit patch between the porch and the shed. We've tied the poor, sprawling apple into something that more closely resembles a tree:

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The pear tree has been freed from the grasping fingers of the fence's vine:

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The baby hedge now looks a bit more hedge-like:

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And the sprawling bleeding heart is slightly less sprawling now:

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Yes, I realise to the untrained eye, not much improvement seems to have been made. But, we now have a sizable mound of dead grass, vine, and branches to take to the recycling centre.

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And a bit of newly-unveiled greeness to enjoy.

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