been outside to feed and water all the things and trim a shrub and some ivy which was starting to attack me over and through the fence.

it's horribly cold out there already, regardless of what the weather people are claiming for the local temperatures. Which means it's going to be appallingly cold by the end of the week.

Attack you?

it would attack anyone who went past it. It wasn't personal as far as the shrubbery was concerned.