Out with the old

The house under went some changes last year; so this year it is the front garden. Stage one; out with the old. As usual I forgot to take the real 'before shot' so this will have to do and you will just have to take my word for it that there were 2 large shrubs (one rather spikey) there before.
The aim is for this to become a herb garden complete with pots and little pathway. The plan is to be able to blip progress every so often (well that's the plan anyway).