Clearing the Eastern Passage

The east side yard (by the rockery) was overgrown with weeds, stickers, and sharp thorns to about eye-level. Walking through to the backyard was utterly impossible; just opening the gate seemed a challenge.

Difficult to get to the gate

Not getting past the shed under any circumstances (Photo taken after a day of work to clear the gate and a few feet in.)

But, with some applied force, we have an east side yard again. Someday, we'll have a gazebo and even a pond.

Cleared the gate so that the bee man could get in. (Discovered that the latch side moves so much that sometimes the gate can't close and when it does, sometimes it can't latch.)

The bees nest was just past the brick, against the house.

Now we can walk to the backyard. Thinning the clump on the left is a future exercise. Found two tiki torches and a bunch of ad hoc plant stakes, by the way.

Photo from the BR1 deck proving success. I would have kept going, but the yard waste bin was full.