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I am ashamed of the state of my garden

M J Bagnall (HELP) says:

When I first moved to my house 15 years ago with my wife and two children I made our garden at the front of the house look like my Dad's front garden.  He had the Best garden for miles and I wanted the same for my house.
As the years passed the grass went patchy and full of weeds, I battled against this by reading books and advice from other gardeners, and my Dad.
 
Also every week as the winds blew at least one black dustbin liner full of rubbish left from the bin men would spread all over the plants and grass, and with all the weeds and rubbish I gave up on the garden.
 
Picture2.jpg I thought to my self recently I cant leave this garden like this anymore!
 
 I'm currently unemployed with a bad back, but I need to do somthing so I cut the massive tree down a few months ago, and I recently spent the last three and a half weeks removeing the stump with a trowel and a small axe. I know I should not have done that myself now my back hurts even more.
 
I am ashamed of the state of my garden and I feel embarrassed when people see it. even my friends say "God Matt you have got to do your garden" I have a bad back and I'm really poor. So I just hack at it here and there and hope it looks different (but it don't).
 
I would love for my garden to be how it was years ago, all the neighbours and passers by commenting how lovely it was.
 
This is my story I know you wont like the pics.

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