After a recent visit by Michelle, Ms L's garden still needed a lot of work. She had a big list of improvements still to make in her front garden, with removing some long grasses at the top of her list. Looking around, there was a lot of ivy too, which Sevan asked about. Although Ms L hadn't mentioned it, it turned out that she had strong, scary feelings about the ivy.

"Have you ever seen that film, Day of the Triffids?"
"The ivy is coming in through the windows and I feel like it's out to get me!" - Ms L

Well, the triffids had a date with GoodGym today. Sevan and Kash needed to clear the ivy to free Ms L of her post-apocalyptic vibes. The ivy was growing up both sides of the windows at the front, covering parts of them and creeping in through the vents. One side of the garden had a wall covered in ivy too.

Kash started clearing a path through the front garden and chopping the tall grasses that were top of Ms L's list, while Sevan started moving planters and other obstacles to get to the base of the ivy plants. The plan wasn't to remove the ivy today, only to cut the base of the vines to kill off everything above.

Sevan lopped away at the bottom of the ivy next to the front door, trying and failing to dodge a rose bush which he kept getting caught on. He discovered a thick ivy root/branch running under the render that he couldn't reach. Kash generated a huge amount of cuttings that were packed into some giant garden waste bags. Big enough to hold both Kash and Sevan inside.

When the centre of the garden was cleared, Sevan made it to the far side to find and chop the 1 really thick ivy vine that was terrorising that side of the house. Again moving obstacles and pink flamingos was key. Kash tackled the wall shared with the neighbour, doing a superb job of eliminating the ivy there. Importantly, the vines creeping in through the windows and vents were removed too.

The enormous garden waste bag was filled and a second started, leaving Ms L very grateful with the improvement. She'll rest easy knowing that the killer plant had itself been killed (for the moment anyway).