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billroperThe weather cooled off today and I took advantage of this to knock off work a little early this afternoon and go out with the family to try to dispose of the remaining branches that I had trimmed off various bushes on one side of the house. While the lilac branches that I'd pruned were nicely dry, the forsythia branches were stubbornly continuing to try to grow leaves. That is one persistent plant!
Anyway, it took a couple of hours, but we filled one barrel with chipped branches and the other barrel with branches that we cut down that were too big for the chipper, then topping that off with more chipped branches. This is now done in time for garbage collection on Friday, which is good, because there are more things that need to be cut down and chipped before I am done.
I still need to consider whether I am going to try to dig out the rest of the forsythia bush, which is looking small and robust at this point. But will it flower next year? Darned fine question. The various volunteer bits of forsythia still need to come out, along with the wreckage of the honeysuckle and the volunteer maple.
But that is a project for another day.
Anyway, it took a couple of hours, but we filled one barrel with chipped branches and the other barrel with branches that we cut down that were too big for the chipper, then topping that off with more chipped branches. This is now done in time for garbage collection on Friday, which is good, because there are more things that need to be cut down and chipped before I am done.
I still need to consider whether I am going to try to dig out the rest of the forsythia bush, which is looking small and robust at this point. But will it flower next year? Darned fine question. The various volunteer bits of forsythia still need to come out, along with the wreckage of the honeysuckle and the volunteer maple.
But that is a project for another day.