My lottie had been left fallow for a number of years, so had 6" teasels, thistles, rampant couch grass and bindweed plus pockets of blackberries and a huge swathe of jerusalem artichokes. It also was in the path of creeping elder which was progressing from other 'fallow' sites.
Working full time I could only give a few hours every other day and Saturday mornings so had to have a long term plan which involved regular spaying of glyphosate on the ground elder to maintain a 'fire break'; coverings for the areas not being touched that year and then small specific areas for the hard work of scything, weeding and digging.
My one regret is not taking a picture of my first day, I keep a lottie diary and that has reminded me but its hard for others to visualise from where I started.
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good idea on the camera ,but its not has bad has any of the others on here by the sounds of it
a bad days fishing beats a good days work