I Hate Dandelions. And Brambles.

It has been mentioned that my blog has never covered "garden battles". Behold what I am up against:

 

This is the rockery... Below this is a WWII concrete bomb shelter.

This is the edge of the patio around the rockery (with bonus Miskit and 1970s gnome), where I planted a border filled with plants and grasses last year to try to hide the hideous concrete edges. Winter and the lawn we didn't kill off properly have not been kind. There's also a huge pile of branches and dead leaves from a tree that didn't deal well with the weight of snow.

Arghhhhhh.