Gardening by remote control.

One of these photos is of my garden and one of them isn't.

The strangled clematis is mine.

If I were nearer, I would yank out some of the opium poppies and let the clematis catch its breath but I have to rely on a remote-controlled non-gardener, who doesn't know the difference between a weed and a cherry tree. I direct him by mobile phone and photographic evidence to roughly the right area and then we home in on the plant by texture and scent.

At least I don't have to clean up the tools afterwards - not like my remote non-gardener ....