Howdy! Fellow AMHDer's
After I posted Friday's early morning edition of NFTB, I went to bed thinking I was going to go out to the yard, and finally get started on trimming those Juniper's.
This has been a project I have been dreading for the last few years. With my old work schedule it never seemed I could get to trimming them right, sometimes it was all I could do to keep up with the mowin'.
I planted five of these “prickly” Junipers along the driveway 'bout 20years ago to use as a living snow-fence, and other than some basic trimming to keep them outa' the driveway every few years or so, I left them grow, especially up.
Well... I got up 'bout 9am to the sound of rain pelting the window, took a peek out, and in the words of a fellow member it was “piss pourin' rain”, by the time it was all over Saturday evening BBX had picked up 2.12” ~ KCXY had 2.21”.
The day turned into indoor chores with some electrical, and plumbing work, but that's for the home appliances, and plumbing forums.
This morning dawned bright, and sunny, and after makin' breakfast, I headed out to work on the Junipers, thinkin' 'bout something my Dad said once.
I may have related this story 'bout my Dad on one of the earlier pages of UDT, but I could hear him sayin':
“The only thing we did on a Sunday, on the farm was feed an care for the animals, and have Sunday dinner.”
Well... Times have changed, and as long as I'm not makin' a lot of noise, and it's between noon, and four I''ll try to get things done. I still will not cut grass on a Sunday.
So anyhow... I had already started on the front one last week, and I achieved my objective of toppin', and trimmin' at least two more.
The way I laid it out, there are three, then a pathway, then the last two.
I put the shortcut in so I didn't have to walk 'round the ends to get to the yard.
I started a little early 'bout 11:30, and was done with the trimmer, loppers, an saw by 4. Still took till 5:30 to load all the trimmins' in the truck. Only two more to go. See pix.
The second pix shows a wooden perimeter that I use to, an will again use for my garden. Watch out JD!
On the right is a red maple bush that I have to move, on the left end is an elderberry bush.
Then the last two Junipers that need topped, an trimmed.
That white line in the pix is a sight line I put up to help me judge the height.
BB and Anak are there in the left background.
The Township where the DW, an me live, has this program where, You can dump off your yard trimmins', and then load up on the compost they make of it.
If it's there this Saturday, Ill take some pix of the chipper/shredder, and rows of compost.
If you want more than you can load, they have a deal where they'll deliver up to 9cu.yds. For 25bucks.
I'm off now to have a snack... Some of BB's toms, with onions all diced up, over cottage cheese, oh, an don't forget the pepper.
See Ya 'round the compost pile!
K
