horror of horrors: ivy #2

For the last year, I've been fighting the ivy that has intertwined itself amongst, under, in-between, and around the rocks in the front of the house. Today, I discovered ivy in the bed on the north of the house near the driveway!! aaaaaah. And next to it was a raspberry! aaaah. Actually, I'm somewhat happy about the raspberry since I want to grow more of our food, but I'm not sure where I could let it go. For now it's sitting in water near the front door.

I finally planted the dahlias and the glads: the dahlias near the heavenly bamboo (near the driveway but kind of under the deck - so maybe not enough light) and the glads near the iris. I probably should have put the dahlias behind the glads and then had a little bouquet of iris, glads, and dahlias...but that's where the ivy and raspberry were and I want to make sure there's nothing else lurking back there.

The snails are most viscious on the plants near the driveway. As for the plants in the yard, I'm betting that the dog pee, while causing burn, is also deterring the snails.