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Message: [QUOTE="Sean Regan, post: 192501, member: 5841"] Mowed the lawn as it needed it. That's twice in four days. Took a small chunk out of the blade. It's a Flymo Ultraglide hit a stome, don't know where that came from. I've had it a few years and I've had to sharpen it twice, so I've ordered a new one, £16.99 on eBay post free. Cheap enough. Bit the bullet and pruned two front branches off the tortoise shell azalea Wired a branch of the azalea to the right to encourage it to grow to the left. With that, the one on the left and the new one in the middle they should fill the gap at the front and if necessary. I can take a couple more branches off the big one in a year or so's time. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040352.JPG"]68008[/ATTACH] The overall look now is a bit more uniform. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040354.JPG"]68009[/ATTACH] I always dead-head rhodos, but never azaleas, that would be too much work. Those I dead-headed a couple of weeks ago have already put on a lot of growth. Here's just one example. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040353.JPG"]68010[/ATTACH] This rose looked as if it was on its last legs in the "avenue of shame" a couple of weeks ago, so I pruned it right back and put it on the small patio in front of the shed where it would get some sun and it has put on some new growth. I'm quite pleased as it's a David Austin, "Sceptered Isle," so probably wasn't a cheap-o. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040356.JPG"]68015[/ATTACH] Our Sorbus will have a good crop of red berries this year. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040358.JPG"]68011[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040357.JPG"]68012[/ATTACH] Second bloom on this wisteria. I usually prune them off with the unwanted growth. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040355.JPG"]68013[/ATTACH] Pruned back some of these azaleas to get a more even display next year. The canes below them are to stop cats which sometimes hide under the azaleas, from pouncing on the birds when they are feeding [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040361.JPG"]68014[/ATTACH] I also went round to the empty house next door and lifted a panel on this fence to get at the bindweed at the back of our borsder that had grown under the concrete base panel from that side. Once you've got it it's almost impossible to get rid of it, as you've no idea where are the roots. But I've cleared it all for now. It was growing up the azaleas at the back and was impossible to reach from this side. The giant lilies won't be long now, we've over a dozen of them. [ATTACH type="full" alt="P1040359.JPG"]68016[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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