Extreme gardening

session over the weekend requiring chainsaw, hedge trimmer, & pickaxe as well as the expected spade and fork. Almost nine hours hard graft later ably assisted by Mel (aka Green Fingers) we'd removed a ceanothus, buddleia, yukka and massive pampas grass. Not sure that gives any idea of how major a task it was.... the root ball on the pampas grass was about 18" deep and circumference, the yukka was 10ft high and some of the roots on the buddleia where about 4" girth you maybe get an idea of the amount of effort to get them out! Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "girls with power tools" ;o)