I've taken a picture. A few caveats! It was night, and our blazing bright wall light is cruel and unforgiving. It's just of the eastern/back corner. To give you some idea of the current state of affairs.
As you can see, there's a long way to go til this hits Eden!
A quick run over the plants here (barely visible!) - top right is a rose, called the 'generous gardener'. Top left corner is a small acer. My mum gave me that, it's nearly as old as me. Just to the right of the acer is a pot of ivy that can't decide if it's dead or alive. On the left is... something else. I've no idea what it is! It was left by the previous owner. It's not thriving so much as persisting. It tries. I think it's either some sort of woody climber, or a tree that's been trained straight up. I will try and identify it soon! Oval waxy leaves and tiny white blooms in Spring (answers on a postcard?). There's also a few gently bowing freesias in that pot, laden with soon-to-be-flowers. They smell delicious when they're out.
In the vast majority, what I have now is lots of empty pots. Empty pots full of possibility. And the odd earwig.
I've had a bit of a cleanup, at least the start of one. I've thrown out dead plants and saved any decent-ish soil, pruned and trimmed things, swept up all the dead leaves and general crap that's accumulated on the floor. All the smaller plants that look alive are now sitting on tables while I deal with the dirt and destruction that surrounds. There's a few larger shrubs, trees and climbers around the edges, mostly looking a bit naked and humble after brutal haircuts.
Lots to do. As they say, watch this space...
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