The thicket

In my x Things List, coming in at x21 is Clear the thicket.

Here's the thicket, as of yesterday.

The picture is taken from quite a narrow viewpoint, and makes it look much smaller than it is. I had a little go at it just before I took the photo, nothing that really made any impact though, so the pic gives a good sense of the dense overgrowth.

When we moved in the thicket was a rose garden. Oops.

My aim is to basically clear it so that it can be abolished for lawn/path/a different garden/a petnaque terrain/a playground for mara/whatever.

I've had a couple of bashes at it in the past. Fingers crossed this time I get to some kind of completion.