Victorian War Zone
I know so many of you have asked to see more photos of the exterior of our home. But I've been a bit embarrassed to share, really. We've been living in a Victorian War Zone. Our shelter is quite nice, but the grounds look as though a bomb dropped. What kind of masochist plants invasive English Ivy!? You may think it's fancy because it's "English", but it's not. It's horrific. Oh you think you want romantic pink roses in your garden? How cute. Or perhaps French lavender with a candy tuft boarder? You need to just forget about it. Because IVY is the only star in this show. Until you show it who's BOSS. The dumb ivy has even chocked out and half killed our 40ft maple tree next to the patio. So we had it taken down along with an old picket fence. Cookie, our kitty thought it was an awesome jungle! Let the battle begin!...... We are on a corner lot and the dreaded ivy wraps around the ENTIRE thing. After spraying special herbici...
