Whilst we wait for the architects drawings and contractor selection process, we have tried to keep the plot reasonably tidy. This has largely involved heavy-duty strimming and hedge cutting. Lesley has done an excellent job tidying up part of the canal bank whilst keeping it looking natural.
However everything on the rest of the plot just won't stop growing. I try and keep it under control with regular strimming but if I miss a bit, you can guarantee that brambles have moved in before the next visit. On one of the larger tree stumps, we seem to be growing a colony of some very large mushrooms. Each one measures about 18 inches across. I am guessing that they're at best inedible, and at worst poisonous, so I leave them alone. I don't strim them as that would result in thousands of little fungus pieces widely distributed over the rest of the site.
