Lost in the jungle

Most people use their gardens to grow things but I'm trying to get things to stop growing so much. This year's days of sun alternating with downpour have made all the greenery grow even more wildly than usual. This is a temperate rainforest area (jungle, in other words) but still....

From this angle, it looks as if the trees will swamp the driveway.

And the plants will overgrow the walkways. (Yeah, the hose has been sitting there for over a week.)

The monster vines in back, the ones I severely cut back last year.

So, no wonder I didn't blog over the weekend; I've been fighting my way out of the jungle.