Georgewhitt
Midfield
Got two big chicken wire baskets full of leaves, to get leaf mulch. Seem to be taking forever to break down, but that's ok. I can wait.Last year I covered in shredded leaves, then put cardboard over. A lot of it was gone by the time I started this year.
Planted 4 canes in spring, they were just coming alive.
Then I sprayed roundup over the other side of the fence where grasses and weeds were growing out of control behind the new shrubs.
Didn't think for a second about the canes on the other side of the fence Lost all bar one. Will let that grown, and take cuttings at a future date for next year I suppose. I'm big on that, taking cuttings. Got 25 portuese laurel plants and 8 rose cuttings planted. Fingers crossed!