THE MAINTAINANCE WORK CONTINUES

 Having replaced the back fence panel by the back gate, it was time to deal with the other end of the back fencing. We back onto a recreation ground which is cared for by the local parish council. Several years back our next door neighbour asked for the trees at the back of his garden to be removed.

They did this but didn't then look after the piece of ground they were removed from. Maybe they left the tree stumps behind but no one as  bothered to keep this area weed free. This as meant that our back fence panels are covered in ivy, the first photo shows Paul cutting off the massive of ivy that's standing a foot above the panels and dropping down. 

Next Paul had to remove the small fence panel we had put up years back when we needed to stop our dogs having unsupervised access to the ground beyond.

This is some of the ivy removed from the panel.

This is the last panel that fell apart as it was removed due to the ivy having covered its back.

This is a photo of all the brambles and ivy now filling the space behind our garden fence. It's a good ten to twelve foot deep.

Looking behind our neighbours fencing.

Late time we put in a standard four foot panel turned on its side. This time Paul made up a new purpose built panel to fit the space. 

So now the new panel has been fitted and made secure. 

This is the view from the recreation ground looking at our fence panel , what's that ? You cannot see a thing? Exactly! We will be contacting the parish council about clearing out this area, so we can maintain our fencing both sides.

We did not ask until now just in case any hedgehogs were using the area to over winter.

To finish some photos of the wisteria