Oh goodness, I missed your entertaining garden posts so much! Thanks for goikgn to the amazing effort - loved it.
So you are moving to Spain? I think I missed that bit.
We want to move too but still putting effort in the garden as you never know, right?
However the other day on the radio I heard the exact opposite, that they are a complimentary biosymbiosis and live in harmony, that man shouldn't even touch lichen or moss on a branch.
Well, lichen and moss are good for the tree I think but not the vine, that's more parasitic. I'd get rid of the vine for sure. Lichen is half fungi half algae, did you know that? Fascinating stuff. Highly recommend Melvin Sheldrake's Entangled Life.
That lawnmower - wow, you have hit middle age. Why aren't you cutting it with a machete ahahahaha or a pair of nail clippers? Winner, it must bring you some pleasure. A man's gotta do what a man's gotta do!