Do You?

 A large plant I pretend isn't there

 Do you have a large plant in your garden you pretend isn't there?  

I'm pretending that large Lantana is not there.  Once upon a time it was a plant in a 4" pot.  I realized it wasn't one of the dwarf type of Lantanas, so I stuck it somewhat behind a Leucodendron so it could die in peace.  And it didn't.  The glowing golden flowers look wonderful, but--I don't like it.  Lantanas have a rank fragrance and look awful all winter.  And their stringy stems are hard to chop into submission.  And that smell.

Do you chop back one of your neighbor's plants invading the sanctity of your space?

I have to chop the neighbor's Bignonia capreolata 'Tangerine Beauty' every couple of weeks all spring and summer.  It grows better on my side of the wall, I think, because that's where the most sun hits.   

It's a lot of chopping:

There is a large rat's nest in the vine, and the vines do what they can to climb up and strangle my Callistemon and Metrosideros and the Rhus ovatifolia.  I chop, chop, chop.  The rats must stare at me with their beady eyes.   

Do you work at a small garden task that no one else will ever notice, but that gives you great satisfaction?

 The 'Ebony' Lagerstroemias had many tiny dead twigs on their stems.  I spent time flicking them all off.  The 'Ebony's look so much better--sleeker--but surely I'm the only one on Earth who would ever notice.  But I notice!

Do you aid critters?  This gorgeous green lady and her thorax full of very valuable future bad pest killers was ready to crawl into the green waste bin.  

Nooooooooo!! 

I gently gave her a lift to 'Molineux' rose.  A far finer place to lay those precious eggs, dear lady!

I do weird stuff in the garden.  I guess I'm playing, really.  

Do you play out there?