I've had a fabulous day tackling the front (wild - furious actually) garden...
Apart from a damn good haircut everywhere, I'm half-way there, but have found more sycamores, than were ever grown by Mr S. Sycamore when he opened a sycamore nursery in 123, Sycamore Street, Sycamore City, Sycamore County, USA...
One had a stem a half an inch thick and we hadn't even noticed it!
Tomorrow, as I've strimmed like a dervish today (do they actually do this, I know they whirl), I'm actually considering raising the blades on the mower, and giving all the undergrowth a seeing-to. We always leave the strimmings etc. to the elements, as they rot down, and create some sort of wild habitat for milkmen, voles, postmen, passing couples in need of a rest etc., and then the dog will see the rabbit, and I can finish it all off!
We've decided that we need a man in to see to the remaking of the front and side hedges. It's too much for us, and they need some structural redesign, which I can do in my head but not practically! Once that's done, I can use the small battery trimmer to keep it all in shape. We know the best chap to do this as he keeps some of the bigger hedges around here razor sharp and dead level - hope he won't charge too much, as that my be my birthday present..:0)