Autumn Large Garden

When’s the best time to tackle an overgrown garden?

I’ve inherited a very overgrown garden. Bindwind, ivy, ground elder – you name it I seem to have got it. The garden is pretty large (about 1/3 of an acre) with lots of large flower beds and mature borders. I just don’t know where to start! I’ve been too busy to do anything over the summer and now it just looks like a jungle. When’s the best time to tackle it? Should I let it die back a bit over the autumn and try and get on top of it over the winter or is that a waste of time until next spring? I’d also be grateful for any tips on how do I go about starting a job like this. There are lots of beautiful mature shrubs and trees in the garden that I would like to save, so I don’t want go down a “scorched earth” route and I’d like to avoid using vast quantities of herbicides etc.

I would get in there now. Much of the foliage is weak but the roots are still growing,

If its very dense, get a mechanical sythe ( old farmers soemtime calll them Allen Oxford Sythes ( an old popular brand ) if you’re going to try and borrow one )

You’ll need a decent petrol strimmer for your garden.

Put your MP3 player on, ear defenders over the top…you’ll be down to ground level in a weekend….then the real work starts !!

We found a garage, 4 ploughs, a tractor, 2 field shelters and a 100 hen chicken house, we filled 2 barns full of sudries from around the place. Oh, we also found a dismantles cottage ( I kid you not ) spread around the garden ( pile of bricks here, load of beams there, 1930s bathroom suite !!! )

Just keep going, you’ll love it next year

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