What I love about that pic is that it is REAL Gardens start of with chaos and work and more work and planning and did I mention work? And chaos… They're not all picture perfect! You should see my garden, you will
trust me! If you really want to, I'll swap the pic for you, sure, but it's nothing to be embarrassed about IMO 
No, you cannot abdicate! Your gardens are amazing and sooo large! Mine is so tiny that I have nowhere else to tend but in it's small space. So of course it's going to be tidy. It is also part of my business so it HAS to look good. Don't compare yours to others. It is fine just the way it is.
What I love about that pic is that it is REAL Gardens start of with chaos and work and more work and planning and did I mention work? And chaos… They're not all picture perfect! You should see my garden, you will
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except in the winter...
Wow! You are doing a lot better than me! I moved into a hot mess last year and after an enthusiastic start broke my wrist in a freak accident, had more snow than Ireland saw since the early '80s and then discovered a second shed… Which I of course HAD to dig outit's ok. i've put hundreds or perhaps even over a thousand hours into that space by now over the past 20yrs... almost all of enjoyable to me (or i'd be doing something else for sure
http://www.anthive.com/project/redpatch/
this is mostly what it looks like now... i've hardly made any progress on it as i've been side-tracked by harvesting beans/tomatoes and some other projects...
And that dang shed completed one day!
Wow! You are doing a lot better than me! I moved into a hot mess last year and after an enthusiastic start broke my wrist in a freak accident, had more snow than Ireland saw since the early '80s and then discovered a second shed… Which I of course HAD to dig out
https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/a-little-backyard-homestead-project.15332/
https://www.sufficientself.com/threads/restoring-rescuing-a-100-year-old-shed-am-i-nuts.15635/
If I stay here another 20 years I might catch up with you! lol Your garden looks gorgeous. That is what I have in mind, neat gravel paths and beds and flowers
I want paths! I need them! From when I moved in I didn't see the backyard dry for 9 months. No joke. It rains VERY OFTEN here and that lovely black soil makes lovely black mud when it does.i'm taking out hardscape/pathways any chance i get. i like having more flexibilty when gardening and i don't like wasting space on paths that need to be maintained, weeded, etc. every edge is work and gets in the way. combining gardens means i can change the spacing of plants or rotate crops within a space easier. also with the clay, every time i have to go out of a garden i have to change shoes so i'm not tracking mud around so the more work i do within one garden the better...
the old shed looks amazing with that moss and i love the old stacked stone fences like the one you have, but yes, those are work and there is a great degree of skill in it. however, that all said i have read some good works on how to do it (at one time i aspired to be a mason/stone work type of person) and it's possible to learn.
you've made a lot of progress. i hope you can get a new place of your own sooner rather than later...
Someone would have to teach me how, haha.aww... well, like i've said, anytime you wanna come weed we've got plenty...
