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billroperWood chipping of the brush has not yet begun, but is planned to start tomorrow. In preparation for this, some of the brush has been dragged to a more convenient location in front of my car on the driveway. We'll see how this goes.
Meanwhile, when I had had enough of work for the day, I went out with the sawzall to take out some of the larger branches on the forsythia, along with parts of the not-quite-deceased honeysuckle that I cut down shortly before COVID started. When I tired of that, I put the sawzall away, got out the nipper, and removed some more branches that were now more accessible. Then I went after the volunteer weed trees growing up through the lilac bush (which I think I am likely to retain as salvageable), and trimmed some of the dead branches off the lilac as well.
It's getting to the point where I'm going to have to consider taking a shovel to the problem and seeing if I can dig out some of the stumps. Given how shallow the topsoil is here, it's entirely possible that I might succeed, the root systems being unlikely to be very deep.
We'll see how it goes.
Meanwhile, when I had had enough of work for the day, I went out with the sawzall to take out some of the larger branches on the forsythia, along with parts of the not-quite-deceased honeysuckle that I cut down shortly before COVID started. When I tired of that, I put the sawzall away, got out the nipper, and removed some more branches that were now more accessible. Then I went after the volunteer weed trees growing up through the lilac bush (which I think I am likely to retain as salvageable), and trimmed some of the dead branches off the lilac as well.
It's getting to the point where I'm going to have to consider taking a shovel to the problem and seeing if I can dig out some of the stumps. Given how shallow the topsoil is here, it's entirely possible that I might succeed, the root systems being unlikely to be very deep.
We'll see how it goes.