…trying to keep on top of the gardening and having a full day free today, it was time to fight back!

Time to get out the wheelbarrow, the strimmer and the binbags and at least make an effort to get the grass down to a reasonable height.

Now when I say 'grass’, what I actually mean is five-thousand varieties of assorted weeds, chopped down to an inch high, thus giving the impression of grass from a distance.

I also picked up three barrows full of bloody coconuts, one barrow full of rocks, bricks and various rubble the builders left behind and collected a whole pile of half rusted corrugated iron they’d hidden in the undergrowth right at the back of the land. No idea how I’m going to get rid of that.

The sad thing is though, I can hardly see any difference! And whats even worse than that is as soon as it rains, everything grows a foot overnight. Gardening? It’s rubbish. I’d be happy with concrete or wilderness. It’s all pain and no gain!

One person was happy though. The pyromanical MiL who now has a massive pile of cuttings, clippings, branches and twigs to burn.

As for me. Sadly, I’ve become old and slightly more respectable. Why? I now have 'gardening clothes’. Seriously. An old pair of ripped jeans, a 2020/2021 Leeds shirt that the lettering has washed off and a pair of Sports Direct boots with chaffed laces and a missing insole.

I’ve turned into my Grandad 😢

Gardening. Good for the step count and nothing else!

I hope everyone is having an amazing weekend and I send best wishes to you and your loved ones.

@nathen007
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