Ever since a large tree - that dominated the area - was removed, we have been unsure what to do there. There are several difficulties: The tree is gone, but the stump continues to produce shoots and branches. Also, at one time (when the tree was still there), I created a little pond and a rock garden (with the soil I removed to make the pond). For years, the pond was the summer home of our three gold fish, which grew quite large. We would bring them indoors to an aquarium, where they would spend the winter... And then, come spring, they would go out again. It worked well for us. A baby fish managed to survive and joined the fish "family." This pleasant arrangement continued until one year a raccoon discovered them - and managed to topple the rock shelter I had created to protect them from cats...
The pond has never been filled in and the rock garden was taken over by ivy...
So ideally, we should flatten the area and try to grow something there. But we haven't - it has never seemed like a priority: there are always more important things to do.
But in the meantime, it has become overgrown.
So today, I went out and started to cut...
Virginia creeper...
thistles...
blackberry bushes...
Two and a half garbage pails later, there is still a lot to cut down...
But after noticing bees on the wild mint, I decided to call it a day!
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