Pampas v Pick Axe

There are several pampas grasses of varying sizes in the garden and one or two were in need of a coat of looking at. We expected to dig them out with no problem.

The pampas grass thought otherwise...

The garden fork gave up the ghost quite early on in the proceedings

At this point we may have been losing the battle but we weren't going to lose the war..
With pick axe in hand, Colin attacked the beast

then I swung into action

The result???