I traveled to Kingston upon Thames this evening to help Mr G with a bit of deweeding in his backgarden. I need to say I had second thoughts 💭 on the way there when there was literally a downpour 🌧☔️💦 every 10 mins 😑.

I arrived a bit earlier and knocked on Mr G's door around 18:40. He welcomed me and right away led to the backgarden 🌱.

Need to say - his garden is indeed overgrown (and I added few photos to show that - in case there is a follow up session). As he mentioned right away the most important thing was for him to clear the patio, where currently the chairs 🪑🪑 and umbrella ⛱️ stood. He also mentioned that around a couple of week ago.

I got my 🧤 gloves from the backpack and was ready to go 🚀. I quickly learned that the entire area was covered with a tick layer of a cotton-like fabric which was wet, dirty and... propely stuck to the ground. I didn't have a scraper and the available brooms 🧹 and rake were to weak yo scrap that off. I eventually used just my hands. This was an activity Inhave been doing most of the time.

I couldn't resist and needed to check what tree 🌳 caused this damage - based on a photo it's confirmed as Eastern Cottonwoods. The one from Mr G's garden was huge, very old and majestically 👑 grown right in the middle of the garden.

I have also targeted some of the mulberry plants that were just became a bit too invasive for the patio area 🏴‍☠️. I grabbed shears from Mr G's toolbox 🧰 and cut them down to carve out some extra space.

On a very positive note, there was a little Robin 🐦 who kept visiting me as I progressed through the work. I almost felt it's some sort of a fairytale 🧚‍♂️. Either it was monitoring my efforts or maybe was looking for fresh worms 🪱 to grab for the dinner as they got revealed under the "cotton" sheet.

I worked around 1:30h 🕚 and ended up pretty soaked, but the result was worth it! Mr G was very pleased and insisted I will take money. I declined and wished him a lovely evening (he might as well spent it in his patio now!)