More Ivy to remove, Or Not!

even though the ivy going mad it looks lovely Dee and with families in there to, what a bonus, just keep giving it a good cut after nesting, your garden looks beautifull as always and front filling out wonderfully, noticed your tree fern survived winter and looks great to , lovely pics Dee ;o))

Thanks san, I haven't told the hub yet, but i dont think he will be bothered :) I still need to find a way to manage it tho.. The birds are part of our gardens and i dont want to loose them.. Yeah my TFs (i have 2) survived, they were well protected in the Ghouse. Hasn't the weather been fantastic, I swear the plants have doubled in size lol

lol think your right, mine has gone mad this last week, the ivy grows so quick Dee, all you can do is give it a real short back and sides come winter to allow for alot of growth come spring, its a thug when it gets going though, you need one of then automatic lifts to get you up there lol

I have a similar problem Ydd, only my ivy is choking the hawthorn hedge at the bottom of my garden, like you I dont want to clear it too soon as its home to so many birds and I`d hate to lose them, I usually have a go at clearing some of it in Aug........
Your gardens looks lovely.....

Thanks Linclass, Good idea to cut back late on San, Linclass, i might just do that, your poor hawthorn Linclass! And yeah San, an automatic lift would be perfect,.. Cherrypicker i think its called, hubs got a certificate to use one hahaha or is that a licence..

certificate i think, baz has one to lol

Lovely garden. However b careful of the Ivy as it will destroy fences, roofs, and ur greenhouse. I don't care for Ivy for that reason. I'd suggest after the birds have gone to give it a buzz cut and cut out any damaging branches. Better to lose the birds for a while then ur greenhouse.

Its looking fantastic Youngdaisy ..
Did your ensette make it through it the winter ..??

Good choice on not getting rid of the ivy Dee. I had mine removed as I found it difficult to keep in check, and it was growing through my next door neighbours bedroom window! I really miss the birds though and in hindsight, wish I had persisted with trimming it back every few months. Your garden looks lovely by the way!

Awww thanks folks, Ive told the husband i want to keep it and he's ok with it, im going to be ruthless Angie, ill give it a good cut when the birds are gone.. thats what i was afraid of Dylandog, I had a feeling i would regret it, maybe in a few years ill change my mind but for now i want to keep it.. Hi Mushy :) My ensette is toast, 7months in my bedroom and 2 weeks ago it turned to mush:( Thats it, no more Nanas. Have yours survived?

I remember getting really fed up with an ivy at my old garden so I cut it down and the neighbours were really sad! They liked it! I didn't dig it out though, so it will be back now. I like ivy Daisy. It can get out of hand, but it provides winter flowers, evergreen and it is such pretty shaped foliage. Having said all that, it's a bugger to get rid of!!

eee Karen, you said bugger!....lol

At least your ivy is in lovely colour. Mine wasn't and in such bad condition as not been maintained in over 3 years. The roots are still here as can't get them up due to being inbetween fences. Might let it grow back and keep on top of it. Garden looking gorgeous as usual Dee! Nice lawn

I have one survivor the other turned to mush as well after i broke it .
Its a shame after all that time to die 2 weeks ago .Did you keep spraying it ?..

Ivy can be such a problem, we try and keep ours under control by cutting it back hard each Spring, so far so good.
The garden looks great as usual..

Tell me about it HB. It gets right down your throat, up your nose and made me feel really ill. Like you, i've not got a hope in hell of removing the roots as there inbetween the 2 fences.

oops ...sorry dylan! ;)

lol...;o)

lol Karen, Swearing on GOY :) The ivy is lovely bright green atm, ill get some overalls for when i get round the back of it, as for neighbours side theyv'e got rid of there trampoline so its gonna be harder to get up there lol, I loved bouncing on it to get onto there shed roof..Another thing you have reminded me of is the roots, can you imagine what size they will be, right its staying..

Hi mushy, so you only have one Nana left, still, one more than me :) Spray, No, puh i didn't know i had to do that. Bugga haha

I'll take a pic of our roots on the ivy i've just removed. Like bleeding treetrunks! lol

Yes, they do get like trees Steve! Well done for getting it out.....did you get it out?

No I didn't get it out. They've grown between the our fence and neighbours garden fence. Think the neighbours fence is possibly whats holding ours up so best I leave well alone!! lol.
I've added a pic of the roots in my photo's.

I suppose if you spray it with weedkiller? I remember trying to get roots out...in fact I DID get roots out eventually with a pick axe and saw! It was like they had welded themselves to the wall! Then I sprayed the remains with weedkiller and it didn't grow back...phew!

Hub used a chopping Axe on ours Karen, than he managed to dig the roots out im happy to say..

Your gardens are simply stunning lady. Really impressed.