Jungle taming

It’s one of those before and after shots where you can’t really see the difference.   Pruning wisteria. The lovely plant is just too invasive for its stupendous month of glory.   But it keeps the cellars cool under the house and provides a bit of shade and shape to that part of the property.

But it will insist on growing up into the gutters.   Our ladder only extends 12 feet and that felt high enough with a huge pair of loppers.

But we have made inroads, and hopefully by cutting off the power supply to the branches above the guttering they may just die and be more easily pulled out in the autumn.

If we get time.   That’s the challenge right now. I can see so many parts of the garden that require my time.   And curses, I have mislaid not one but two pairs of my secateurs.   Which means any spontaneous pruning just isn’t taking place.   Losing secateurs in the garden? Does that mean I can call myself a real gardener now?