Ann. It happened several times before I moved in here. I had been planting stuff to get it established while the house was being built. When we got to look inside and walked on the back balcony I noticed the great view of my ''garden'' down the slope. in August, our mild winter, daffodils, roses, daylilies and gerberas were blooming. The lots of it vanished. It would have taken them ages as the ground is clay even though I had hauled gypsum and compost and dug it well.
Then it was hot and dry for months. Over Christmas it rained and the builders weren't around although I was. They dug out roses in the middle of our hot summer and almost everything left. I chopped off Any things remaining I sawed off at almost ground level and left signs saying they would be prosecuted when I caught them. And I went there twice a day. It stopped but spooked me for a long time. So demoralised I let weeds take over a big area. That was bad because of the very dangerous snakes here.
But 3 yrs later its almost under control again. Since I am now retired I am here almost always. As long as nothing harms our dogs or cats I can't complain.
