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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Another visit to our retirement complex. Lots of different stuff happening and a genuine oh fu*k moment....its not so much for me but the residents....( I AM expecting a complaint...) All the visits of this job are on the playlist " retirement home" Check out our other videos and SMASH THAT SUBSCRIBE BUTTON and don't forget to press the bell so you get notifications on new videos #listentolee
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If I were a resident at this retirement complex, I’d be overjoyed with the progress Lee. Long term gains, far outweigh having to cut right back, regarding the hedges. Looking at how they were; yes, nice green colour but looking like a rollercoaster ride!!! Hedges are all about being straight and level. All these will look a real treat, in the long term. No complaints from me, whatsoever. Looking forward to future updates. Many thanks to sharing with us Lee 👍👍👍
🙏😊..lovely comment thank you
@leonardomigot4040 what do you mean??
I would like to see these hedges later on in the year to see what way they turned out. You always do a great job and I have learned so much from watching your channel
Yep. . You and me both🧐 😄
I agree with you, I would have cut it back. Great job ❤❤
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You did right with this one.
I find with these hedges if not kept on top of kept to shape they take over and keep on growing!
May look untidy for a short time before they fill out again.
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Always look forward to your videos….great job
😊very kind 🙏
Looks amazing, they should thank their lucky stars they found you to maintain this place !!!!!!!!
Thank you very much 😊
Excellent professional work Lee.
Would all those hedgerows benefit from a liquid feed..ie.. a good drenching at the base?
I'll use granular first then foliar when I see buds 👍
That’s the thing with Lonicera hedges, they need to be constantly kept in check to maintain a nice shape or they’ll collapse on themselves. Great work, I do love a hedge reduction/reshaping👍🏼 Also, hedges look so much better when they’re cut to a specific line, i.e a path edge. It’s amazing how much path, garden people lose to overhanging hedges🤯
💯...the amount of space clients ' didn't know' they had after a cut back is unbelievable 😄
We'll done Lee. You are such a GREAT gardener.
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Forgot to say Lee I’m sitting here howling with laughter, your expressions and comments about your own work are brilliant 😂👍🤠
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Hi Lee , those hedges looked like jelly when you were cutting them.😂 Cut the lot. I think a druk with trimmers did the last job. The top reminds me of a wave.🏄♂️ The mower is a gutsy little machine. Liked your improvised weed protection. You make me laugh 😂 I didn't skip anything. ❤ From your friend in Queensland
Thank you for not skipping 🥰
Yes I thought of jelly too 😄
I've now bought a 'proper' weed guard....but it doesn't fit🙈..looks like my improvised one was OK after all 😅
You should patent it lol
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Was on my daily walk this morning and encountered one of those hedges... it's dangerous for pedestrians as we get shoved out toward traffic so good for you taking the step of pruning it back. It will look so much nicer when they see the new growth and its cut properly in future,
At first I thought you were cutting back a leylandii or similar and thought argh! But then saw it's box honeysuckle so it'll grow back nicely. Good job mate.
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Im super excited to see the progress of this over the summer time. Its going to look amazing Lee I have faith in you. ❤❤
😊 thank you so much 🥰
Nice Job Lee . You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. They'll appreciate it when it's done
Thank you yes good point 🍳😉...im there tomorrow so I'll find out if my name is mud 😅
Absolutely straight tops and sides all the way Lee,i have never seen one so bad as the one at 16:00 😂😂😂
Cheers buddy 👍...I may leave the tops fir this year and see how it goes✌️
I totally agree with you I moved into my new property an the hedge was so over grown and out of shape I had to do the same as you have just done an nowall says how much better it looks now you are the man ❤
😊thank you ....and good news on your hedge 👊
Hi Lee,
Thats a nice place to work that will look so much better in the next few months,the hedge..
You can already tell its got your high standards already on that site,and im looking forward to seeing you improve the lawns,it will be talked about soon by the residents saying what a good Gardener they have,and how they can see Improvements already. ..
Well done😊.
Have a good weekend..
Lee....😊
Thank Lee 😊....I've been told all the residents were commenting how hard I worked (😇)...and what a difference I was making...... that may all change after this visit 🙈🙈😄😄😄😄
A bit of laughter.humour.top job as always.thanks Lee .
Very welcome buddy 😜
Great job and I totally agree , some people have no idea about cutting hedges etc . They look far better nice and straight and level.Ive have just spent weeks with new jobs reducing and trying to get things back into shape with hedges alone it’s a lot of extra hard work but very satisfying when it’s done properly and the customer see’s the difference.
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On the ball as usual Lee,you have the place looking fantastic👍
Your tips and tricks have worked wonders in my own garden. Thank you for sharing them🍺
Very kind buddy 👍 cheers 🍺
I personally would keep the sides straight but leave the tops with the ‘natural’ curves. I prefer a natural look though. Squaring it all off will make it easier for maintaining and look neater for longer though.
Yes...if I'm honest..I prefare square and true but I'll leave the tops for now and see what it looks like 😊
Holey moley Lee, that was brutal. Necessary, but brutal. When it greens up again it will look really smart, but as the saying goes: no gain without pain. I quite like the curved tops, but the sides and ends definitely need to be straight, especially next to the car parking and roads as they would reduce visibility and scratch the paintwork of residents vehicles. I just hope that the hedges green up before you apply mosskiller to the lawns. I don't think they will like bare hedges and black lawns all at the same time. Could you green up the lawns first with seaweed, then apply mosskiller in a few weeks time when the grass really gets going? 🤔
🤣🤣🤣...I've just said exactly this to another viewer...I forgot I was scarifying the lawns 🙈 omg....they will lynch me 😫
Shrubs I like naturalistically (selective) pruned to show the habit of the species. That's seldom possible for the jobbing gardener though one can charge top dollar.
Once shrubs are hedged though, I prefer then almost plumb, square and level. They should be slightly wider at the bottom than the top for the lower leaves to get light. It might be ordinary but it brings visual cohesion to the street when all the hedges are similarly cut.
I hate ones which flare out at the top and ones where the person who cut it thinks themselves some kind of creative artirt because they've cut chamfers or curves..(I'm thinking specifically of my neighbour who cut his front hedge taller and wider at the ends with top flare out, Just why? it looks crap and isn't good for light). I'm fixing that by cutting guide lines where the hedge is over my property line. He's getting the hint.
I guess people are entitled to have their hedges the way they like them as long as the I y are not encroaching on public amenity.
I do like actual skilled sculptures, cloud and Japanese pruning like those of Jake Hobson (Niwaki).
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You are doing a fantastic job it's going to look so well growing takes over I agree with you what a state it is in can't wait to see regrowth ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you 😊...you and me both on the re growth 😉
Hope you can explain to the managment about the hedges. They will look great with new growth
Yes as I was cutting the drastic one...manager came over ( face was a picture 😄 )..and I said ' don't worry' I've got a plan ( name that film)
Don’t forget the ‘Dead Parrot’ sketch/film: the hedges are only “sleeping”. 😅😂
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Your as fussy as me. Good work!!
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Sometimes you’ve got to be cruel to be kind.! It will all grow back and it’s better for it
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Hi Lee, it’s a brave move but I agree it needs doing and it will come back and look great 😊
Brave or stupid 😄😄😄...im pretty confident it will look fab ...(but you can never be 💯with gardenng)
I sympathised with you on that one Lee. It needs to be done but you know it's going to look soo bad for a while at least, and you just know someone will complain! I had the same problem on a War Memorial site last year. The previous people had just kept pruning this one hedge that was taking over 2 thirds of the footpath, as you said probably too afraid to give it a hard cut back. I had to bite the bullet and do it because it was doing my head in! Great video and cracking work again 👍
😄😄..a gardener has to do what a gardener has to do ✂️
lol, I was thinking the same thing about the guard issue, why pay out when all it is, is a plastic hood. Saw a conifer like these hedges, shame, there is nothing that could be done. like you it does me head in, and its a case of do you are don't you. but they will look much better for it in the end
I've now bought TWO guards ....and they don't fit🙈🙈 ...back to my adapted one 😅
Straight and true the way to go! Will look glorious! Great job my favorite gardener!!! 👏👏👏🤩😊🥇👑
😜..thank you so much🤗
Good job as per 👌🏻
You have bigger balls than me touching that hedge by the gate. Should come back ok
🤣🤣 I think they shrunk a little half way through 🙈🤣
excellent
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Best thing I ever did was cut my privet hedge back hard, actually lost 3+ feet of width in places. It’s approx 80ft long & would take me half a day to trim it both sides & top, now it’s straight, dense & a doddle to keep neat. Love your work 🙌
Yes good point ...people forget ..the wider it gets the harder it is to maintain 👍
You are right, Mr. Lee, it HAS to be cut back. If you want that manicured, formal look, this is what happens when it isn't properly maintained.
😊🙏....thank you
It’ll be worth it when it grows and is tidied up again. Just takes a wee while! Good stuff
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Watching you cutting that gigantic overhang looked a bit like when I am cutting a meatloaf with the electrical knife. Glad you did it for the safety of the residents. Bet it will be green again in no time at all. Looks way better then before. Great job.
Oh and btw: glad I am able to comment again. Seems, RUclips has sorted it all
I've replied but doesn't show ???
@@LHLgardenservicesonly your last comment shows up. Mysterious
@@ritamahlberg8602 it's done it on one other person's reply 🤔
@@LHLgardenservices so it's not mysterious,it's miraculous 😉🤣
Those hedges will be fine, as you said. I remember doing that to a lonicera nitida, and a delivery guy stopped and said "Oh, it won't thank you for that!" Everyone's an expert.. 🙄 It greened up nicely next year.
Got to admit, that's a bit more than I'd have taken off in one hit, but I do get your point, it's the shock factor!
I'll be honest...I think it will have shocked a lot of the residents. .im there tomorrow will be interesting to hear their views 😇
I think straight top and curved top look good if it’s cut short, neat and tidy… sides should be square though definitely
Plus it’s short term pain for long term gain! At least the residents get to watch it change from brown to green in the seasons I’m sure they will welcome that
Cheers pal...yeah I'm leaving the tops this year and we'll see how it goes✌️
Great work been following your channel since I started full time 2 year's ago was part time for a year. Looking for advice on pricing for a zero turn mower or from some of your followers. Noticed you have one you use on that care home. Thanks 👍
Cheers buddy ..Good luck with the business 👌
Looking good Lee. Just wondering what brand of weedkiller you use. Cheers.
Not sure on brand I'll get back to you ..👍
In a retirement home, safety comes first. No low overhanging anything with all hard surfaces clean and free of muck, moss and lichen. Their last maintenance crew need a kick in the ass. But management should be insisting on safe obstacle free environment without you having to teach them
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It’ll green up for sure , looks a lot better already although brown but totally agree with what your saying about growing over the path edges
Thanks mate 👊...Good bit of fertiliser and boom 😉
I like the contrast between straight sides and undulating tops. The tops are reminiscent of rolling hills and makes for more interest in the overall landscape. At least 1 fence has an undulating top too.
Cheers buddy yeah...I'll leave the tops this year and we will see how it goes 👌
It might look bare now but it will grow back, straight.😊👍
Even brown I think the difference was night and day ...looking forward to it greening up🙏
😂😂😂😂you are hilarious❤... I must admit i would s.... my pants doing that trimming, feeling all that eyes on my back 😂😂😂😂😂😂 👍👍👍👍👍
@@iriscaklovic5056 😂😂.....I may have done a little wee 😳 😂😂😂
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I’m 100% with you, I’m a massive advocate of cutting hard back. The fact is non gardeners do not know what they are talking about but they will argue with you, it’s upsetting 😂 in a way it’s why I prefer dealing with one customer rather than a complex such as this.. where you have like 100 bosses 😂 I can’t stand getting looks.. I’ve had situations such as yours and you’ll get them coming out “what have you done you’ve killed it” etc these are comments that freak me out because you try to explain and they shut their ears off. Those sort of encounters spoil my day. You and I both know that the way you’ve cut those shrubs is correct, and given some sunshine and a little rain and you’ll see a haze of green in no time. But people won’t be told.
Agree with all above 😊.. did you watch my apartment videos where an idiot wanted me to use a brush instead of the blower!!! ON A MASSIVE APARTMENT BLOCK 🙈
No! Not yet.. new subscriber I shall have to go back and find it.. oh I get those all the time, when I'm blowing, alot of negative attention it brings, I'll often have ear defenders on when using it on a public highway and I might see someone approaching in the corner of my eye and I'll purposefully ignore them and hope they go away or change mind
No! Not yet.. new subscriber I shall have to go back and find it.. oh I get those all the time, when I'm blowing, alot of negative attention it brings, I'll often have ear defenders on when using it on a public highway and I might see someone approaching in the corner of my eye and I'll purposefully ignore them and hope they go away or change mind
@@neilhatton6018 🤣🤣 go to ' apartment block ' on my PLAYLIST 👍
@@LHLgardenservicesWatched it! Apartment block jungle bashing. I fully understand, as a fellow pro-gardener, you’re getting the area down IN ORDER to make it into a wild ish area, there’s maintained wildness and there’s scruffy. Again however it’s an example of why I don’t like doing complexes such as that.. you’ve got 100 “customers” all of a sudden, it’s a lot of pressure. I applaud you for doing it, and I’ve been offered similar and turned them down. I know they’re a good money spinner but I’d rather the one customer to deal with, husband and wife, or a family, or even just one person, and you know where you are. It’s stuff like blowing with a noisy machine, you just know you’re upsetting people and when there’s a whole heap of them it’s woah, it’s a lot to deal with. I take my hat off to you
Definitely keep it straight
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So glad you are fixing those bushes. As always you do great work.
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Good job, same as you mate , i hate hedges that overhang pathways. Much better cut back. I would of leveled off the tips too, but might of been to much for the hedge to recover from. It will green up i have no doubt. A really nice green area, will be lovely when you get the grass scarified and tidied up.
Thanks mate...yeah I'll leave the tops for this year...OMG....I forgot for a second that the lawns are getting scaryfied!!!!!....😅😅...there will ne a few worried faces here when they see ghe Hedges AND the lawns 🙈
I agree 💯 PC you have to be cruel to be kind the hedge will thank you 😂if it could talk 😅
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oh no its the same property where you decimated the other side hahahahaah I hope the owner understands
😵😵 decimated!!!...😇
I would get the hedges squared. I personally don't like the wavy look on top. 👍
Cheers pal 👍
"Ladles and jellyspoons,
I come before you
to stand behind you
and tell you something
I know nothing about.."
Spoken like a true jellyspoon 😅
I know you’re right, YOU know you’re right, WE all know you’re right. My advice (s’alright, I don’t charge!) is to get the Management Co. to send a note to all residents explaining that they finally have a professional gardener extraordinaire whose long term (6-12 month) plan is to bring the elegance and sophistication of Blenheim Palace to their little community. It should be obvious to anyone that you know what you’re doing - the improvement, though brownish!, is already amazing. Those hedges (I had one!!) should never be so wide and out of control. I’m all for uniformity: straight back ‘n’ sides (and tops…..later). Roll on next year. Stay brave and take any criticism on the chin!
😄😄 you're funny.... love the skirting around the fact the hedge LOOKS DEAD with ...' brownish' 😅😅..thanks for the support🥰
@@LHLgardenservices. Better to laugh than cry 😂. Scouser genes, I’m afraid! 😅
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what weed killer do you find works best? even bare that looks much better, i hate having to walk sideways because the path is overtaken by a hedge! im with you square all the tops off all the waves look ridiculous
Cheers buddy...yeah I'm going to leave the tops this year and see how it goes...not sure on weedkiller get back to you on that 👍
My OCD says STRAIGHT on the hedges Lee brilliant job & using the Half Moon edger is my favourite tool 😄
👌👌🎯...yes I like to use the half moon 👍
I like the side clean-up but I’d leave the top alone . If you cut it, you’re forced to cut the other 200 feet of adjacent shrubs to match. With the sides looking smart and the tops flowing, I prefer that look. Sometimes, in some locations, too square becomes unnatural. Sure in a French garden you look fora perfectly symmetrical appearance but on border hedges a flowing top looks nice too. Just a thought. Cheers
Thanks for your views buddy you have some good points 👌
oh no that shrub has been heavily abandoned, its migrated its green mass way outside its intended area...
It certainly has......👉✂️👌
Hi Lee another great video could u say whats the process and expense when getting a costimised no plates
Sorry bud not sure what you mean? Do you mean the reg plate ?
@@LHLgardenservices hi Lee yes the reg plate
@frankkearney7174 you can buy one privately or go on DVLA website for one then contact later to transfere to car...cost is£80 ( was when I last changed)
Oh Jeepers. What have you done? It needs doing and will, hopefully, grow back. There's a laurel by me and it cover over half the pavement. The chap isn't particularly nice and so I complained to the council. They said because its looked after its fine but will keep an eye on it. No, its covering the pavement! It's takes a brave , bold man to do what you've done. But it needs it.
Cheers buddy 😉....its actually illegal to ket your hedge grow over the pavement ( whether its neat or not) you can get a hefty fine 🤷♂️ )
Always looks worse before it looks better, they will be so much better 👍What make sprayer are you using?
Cheers buddy ...yeah signs of growth as we speak 👍
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I'd have done exactly the same chap! Sometimes it just has to done! 👍
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someone had to dish out the tough love..
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Love it mate, you are brave! 🤣👍🏼
Brave or stupid 😄😄😄😇
@@LHLgardenservices haha! 😝
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Owwww sooooo much better Lee & defo go for straight tops..... umm just a thought are you able to knock on the doors of the residents who have those large totally overgrown & out of shape hedges to introduce yourself & let them know that although the hedge is going to look a bit sorry for itself for a while the benefits of them being able to walk safely & get more daylight into their homes PLUS being able to see more of the coming & goings far out weigh the short wait of it regrowing... maybe even walk them out after you've cut it to show them how much safer the pathway is for them, their visitors & everyone etc etc? you will hav them eating out of your hand for making them feel special & that you care about their saftey....... Just a thought Oh and if you also talk to management about the hedges they will be for armed in case any residents go to speak to them about it???? ..... Have a nice weekend & really enjoying all these videos that your sharing with us Many thanks Lee 😘
Very very good points there 😊..if I'm honest....I did mull it over but was worried incase they said leave it ( as they may not have the same vision as me) so I just wanted to go for it really... I did speak to the chap who got me the contract and said 'don't worry' but I was half way through and his face was a picture 🙈
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go dragon's den with some sort of temporary cover to put on the hedge while it's changing clothes, haha
I'm on ebay as we speak....looking for camo nets 😅😅
Greenish paint?! 😅
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I would personally ask who’s in charge and explain to them what you would like to do and how it might not look the greatest for awhile. This way if residents complain they can explain why things don’t look so good right now but in the long run they will….
Better yet show them some of your videos and they’ll see how great you really are at landscaping
Yes I did explain to the manager...but you've got to be careful because if the say no leave it!!!...your stumped
It will grow back wicker...😊
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That's drastic.
True words 😬
Hi lee, I renovated my lawn in early October last year. However it looks like it could do with a light scarify already, do you think it's too soon after the renovation or does it not matter?
Listening to this video with headphones ( funny word, isn't it? ) ,the sounds are tickling my eardrums. I like the curved tops, but the sections of hedge should be the same height.
Cheers buddy 😊... im leaving the tops for this year and see how it goes 👍
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I know what it's like when you get the erge and it has to be done. I've left a few holes here and there cutting back like yourself
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You can’t win with this kind of work, dammed if you do and damed if you don’t, well done for trying
That is very true....as bad as it looks ( and it does)...I couldn't stand it so misshapen and sprawling!!! People would think that's my work 🤷♂️
That over hanging hedge needs to be straightened up Lee. No better man than yourself.Its not even an opinion its a fact! . That hedge will deprive itself of light and start thinning out at the base if its not straightened eventually collapsing...thats difference between top maintenance and maintenance. I think id personally squre it but I'd wait for a reaction from residents on the side...guage the temperature so to speak. But I'm chicken shit.
😅😅😅..that's not chicken shit..that's sensible 😉...yeah I'm going to leave the tops this year see how it goes.
why cant you sow grass seeds now?
It's been too cold and too wet...March is supposed to be the ideal time but its not normal weather at the moment...few weeks will be better 👍
Film quote from 'Singing in the rain'
😅👌👌👌👌 a classic mate
@@LHLgardenservices It certainly is, they don't make 'em like that any more! And I'm afraid with all the rain we've been having, I've had nothing to sing about! I hope you get no stick for the hedges but praise when they green up and are safer and well groomed!
@tonycritcher3419 I'm glad you got the film..one if my favourites 😊...im there Monday so I will indeed find out 😬 from green to brown its obviously going to shock a few
@@LHLgardenservices Fingers crossed people will understand, thing is the previous company should have kept things under control. Seems they did as little as possible.
Go hard or go home Lee 😂 I have a 40ft long by 12ft height California privet hedge and I recently squared it off and took 2ft off the top. Loads of ‘experts’ stopped by the tell me it’ll die and it’s going to look brown and woody forever 😂 it won’t I can guarantee that by Autumn the damn thing will be growing a gooden again
@mrsb5646 😀😉👊......yep...you'll be laughing at them 🤟
When they grow back, or you have to replace them, show us them again. lol *wink* How long does it take for them to grow back?
Well...whatever happens good or bad...you will see it👍...can't say how long as weather dictates but should be green this season and full next season🤞🤞🤞
Your getting sacked in the morning 😂😂
In THE MORNING?? ...I was thinking that evening 🙈😅
What’s the obsession of having a perfect rectangular hedge? So outdated and can’t bare the formal look. Fair play to you though
I’d hardly call the natural pruning of plants (flowers, shrubs, trees, hedges) as an “obsession”. Please visit the Stately Homes of Britain, and marvel.
@@lindamccann3880 pruning plants into shapes is natural? 🤣
It's not an obsession....its controlling nature...we would be overrun if we didn't interject a bit of order....and time has proven....neatness wins
Nobody said its natural🤷♂️...gardening is not natural...nature can look after itself ..but it will soon be a jungle ...very natural but an overgrown eysore
@@LHLgardenservices sorry I didn’t mean to word it as strongly as that may have come across 👍
I love your content but you talk through the whole thing. People like to watch the action of cleaning, etc. just an observation.
Would be far far better WITHOUT the swearing.