Garden update

I've had a long history of finding myself gardening in places where previous gardening/landscaping efforts have run wild. My mom's house had been intensively landscaped by the last owners but one before we moved in, and two years of medical emergencies after we moved in left a place that needed work. Most recently, my place in A-town had been gardened by a wild variety of people, all of whom planted stuff which my landlord tried desperately to control with clearcutting. (It didn't work.)
( Cut for those who don't want to read boring gardening stuff )