Post by plantdoctor on Aug 24, 2016 9:57:11 GMT -5
Larry is not comfortable with posting pics here, so I offered to do this thread for him.
A few weeks back, I suggested that in the future we could remove the 5 Yews on the north side of our house and he could plant some hostas there. The next morning he was ready to attack the project. These Yews were here when we bought the house 36 years ago. Despite yearly pruning, they were quite big and the perfect jungle area for mosquitoes to live in.
Here are the before pics (actually he had started while I ran to get the camera)
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We worked for a few hours chopping and filling the pickup with the bushes. I think it was 4 pickup loads.
This is after they were all chopped down.
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The next step was to cut them off to the ground. Our son said he would come over with his chainsaw when he had time. Larry didn't want to wait, so we borrowed my brother's saws-all and Larry cut them off. He then put some dirt, mulch, and of course a few hostas. I added a few coleus containers to fill it up. (I apologize for the pics being blurry...it was a very humid day and my lense fogged up)
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We will work to perfect this area next year, but for now we like it much better than those big ole ugly bushes. Charlene (Larry's personal secreatary...lol)
A few weeks back, I suggested that in the future we could remove the 5 Yews on the north side of our house and he could plant some hostas there. The next morning he was ready to attack the project. These Yews were here when we bought the house 36 years ago. Despite yearly pruning, they were quite big and the perfect jungle area for mosquitoes to live in.
Here are the before pics (actually he had started while I ran to get the camera)
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We worked for a few hours chopping and filling the pickup with the bushes. I think it was 4 pickup loads.
This is after they were all chopped down.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The next step was to cut them off to the ground. Our son said he would come over with his chainsaw when he had time. Larry didn't want to wait, so we borrowed my brother's saws-all and Larry cut them off. He then put some dirt, mulch, and of course a few hostas. I added a few coleus containers to fill it up. (I apologize for the pics being blurry...it was a very humid day and my lense fogged up)
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We will work to perfect this area next year, but for now we like it much better than those big ole ugly bushes. Charlene (Larry's personal secreatary...lol)
