Article June 26, 2006 Issue

Straight to the roots

BY ADRIENNE KIRKBRIDE-JONES

WHEN WE FOUND our house, we were attracted by its lovely old garden, despite the fact both house and garden needed lots of attention. The property had been rented out for some years, and the garden had become quite overgrown.

One afternoon, I decided to tackle an area behind one of the sheds. A large tree was choked with thick ivy vines. The ivy had wrapped itself tightly around the trunk and over the years embedded itself several layers deep so that the tree's bark was no longer visible.

As I started randomly tearing at the ivy, my husband called to me from another part of the garden, "Just go straight to the base of the roots and cut the ivy there. It will then start to fade off and come away easily." He was right, and the work was much easier after I cut the ivy at the base.

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