A few hot days ago I took pictures in my backyard of bushes sadly in need of a trim. I’m here to tell you my crazy slash-and-burn mad trimmer-from-hell of a husband would be very proud of me for making this valiant attempt at tree taming if he were here. Although of course if he were here this would have been done a month ago and the trees would still be trying to recover. He once trimmed a tree at our front door into oblivion. All that remains is a decorative stump.
But enough yard history. Today the heat is pleasant and bearable, so I ventured out amongst the squabbling magpies and got it done.
Before:
After:
Note the top of the fence for reference.
Before:
After:
Note the bottom of the kitchen window. Please do not note the dead grass. I’m not watering it, it’s only grass and it’s in the backyard and the magpies don’t care and neither do I.
I was hoping these picture would be more indicative of what a difference all my hard work filling TWO green bins with branches made. I guess you will just have to take my word for it because I’m not sharing pics of my scratched up arms. Now I will be spending the rest of the day brushing imaginary twigs and bugs off my body.
Happy 4th of July to all my American friends! I imagine your day has been slightly more interesting than mine because fireworks. Yea! Don’t set the grass on fire.
Note to self, do not set grass on fire. Where I live most of the grass is dead if it is luscious green people are either violating the drought restrictions or resorted to *gasp* fake grass which you really do not want to set on fire. Looks great! Good work.
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Ewwww….fake grass! Mind you, how real is the stuff we fertilize and mow to death. lol😄
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Lol. Manicured lawns nourished with food, fed with chemicals and groomed, real? Touché!
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I laughed when you said your husband trimmed a tree into a decorative stump. I had a beautiful crimson azalea by my front door (hard to grow here). My husband went crazy one day and trimmed it down to a pitiful twig. “It’ll come back,” he said when he saw the look on my face. Nope.
Thanks for the fun post. Have a great weekend.
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You have a great weekend too! Hide the hedge trimmers! 😄
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Good work! As for fireworks’ fires, the ground (and everything around it) is too wet for that. Ah, the Northeast in July…
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Isn’t it odd the extremes we are experiencing. People wishing for rain, and others wishing it would stop already. Anyway, wet or dry, hope you’re enjoying your weekend. 😄
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Good job! I am writing this as fireworks are going off–it isn’t even dark yet! Sounds like we’re under attack.
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Lol…we had the same thing on the 1st before it got truly dark. I also enjoyed the neighbours dogs howling. Fun times. 😄
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Good Job!
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I admire your energy.
My motto, on the other hand, is they worked so hard to get to that size, let them be!!!
I hate fireworks and how they terrify my dog.
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I am horrible at whacking away at bushes. I could tell this was hard work and noticed improvement. Thanks for listening kind wishes for our 4th. Like the comment sbout not setting fire to grass. 🙂
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I like that…don’t set the grass on fire!. You must be in western Canada, to be experiencing all this drought.
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Are you sure you didn’t reverse the picture sequences?
(ducking and running now)
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You did a great job! 🙂
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Great job and I agree sometimes it’s only us who notice the difference in the before and after pics and I agree no grass watering 😉
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A hard day of work indeed! To be able to have your own yard and tend to it – my wife and I are waiting for the day that will happen. Fingers crossed!
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The fourth has come and gone and if you had any rain I’m sure the bush have already began to grow out. Needless to say it sound like you had a productive day. I saw a few fireworks will riding to here and there.
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