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Thanks yea. I’ve been putting grass seed down just to try add some green to the miserable-looking ground. The overgrown trees definitely starved every other plant in the garden.
In the last two months, the roses I cut down to bare stems (not even a leaf on them) have all shot up to a nice height with a lot of foliage. There are a number of buds coming through so we’ll have a nice view in a month or so, and then I can dead-head and keep them from growing too tall and gangly.
Fingers crossed the contractors come on Thursday and sort all the stump grinding, then make a start on grading the front. Really keen to see progress out there too.
The wall seems pretty okay structurally, and there is a small gap between the stuff growing on the common land behind it.
My preference would be to get the fruit vines trained on the wall so we have something nice to look at that also bears edible fruit. We’ll see how successful that is in reality.
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Looking good! Well done. Next year will be a lot more fun I think.
I wouldn't worry or put any effort into the lawn for a couple of years. Just mow it and focus on the other stuff. It'll likely sort itself out.
You're lucky to have such an attractive back wall. I'd definitely try and keep it as a feature. If you can keep some of it more viable as you grow things up it, I think it would help to make a really effective backdrop.