Progress in the garden, II

Not all the progress in the garden has been pretty. The creepy garden ornaments migrated to a corner in the front. Note the mass of hungry weeds behind them.

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Armed with my trusty garden fork, I spent a good hour removing as much of their nasty root system as I could, but to be extra sure that they stay away, I've assigned the garden ornaments guard duty.

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Some of them definitely seem keen.

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In other news, sadly the pond has sprung many, many leaks.

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Four of the fish and the frog have been missing for at least a month (Esme, is there something you need to tell me?)

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And today, we gave the final black fish to the neighbours, so the pond is looking pretty lonely.

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Though it's not completely uninhabited, it seems.

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Redevelopment plans are currently being drawn on the back of old envelopes.

And speaking of redevelopment, after eradicating weeds from the front, I started in on the vegetable beds in the back.
Before:

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After:

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A few more turns and a bit of compost and we should be ready to start planting!