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January 2020

Our approach to a small garden with a lot of invasive weeds.

Ivy is extremely vigorous and when it comes from the neighbour's, we can't kill it.

Weeded and tidied up the plants here. They had blown towards the deck.

A wider view of the cleared area after we'd cut back branches and weeded it. We planted some lupins in to fill the space. It might be a bit late, but we may be in luck.

The 'wild' area. We prune back any branches that invade the deck.

Before we started work Oct 2019

Small garden beds back on to a wild area. We want it to look tidy for as long as possible but some of these weeds are pretty aggressive.
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During and after our work

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Comfrey has many benefits. Get the sterile one, Symphytum Officinale (common comfrey), which is propagated by the root, not seeds. The tap root goes deep into the soil to bring up the nutrients for nearby plants. Plant it under your fruit trees with a wild flower mix that attracts beneficial insects.
You can also soak the leaves in water for a health tonic for your plants.
The plants below are going in a client's orchard this week.

Comfrey's taproot goes deep into the soil bringing nutrients to nearby plants and improving the soil. When it does off over winter,, you can use the leaves as a plant mulch. It's especially good under fruit trees

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Berhampore garden

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A small garden in a sunny spot that we keep looking its best by propagating and letting desired plants self-seed making it very cost-effective.
See the progress below. Hover over photos for information.

Here's the garden in spring 2019.