Landscaper's design:
Candace's landscape design (see above) features boxwood & andromeda in front, lilac out back, hydrangea on the side & all sorts of smaller plants. Based on visits to nursuries, I will probably go with summer snowflake, spirea, honeysuckle in front & use some of Candace's ideas.
Pulling 12 bushes
This yew bush is partly pulled out, if the crooked angle isn't a giveaway. Fred's cable is hooked up to the truck & wrapped around the bush. To pull each bush, it normally took 3-4 good tugs with the truck to get each bush out, roots and all.
Cable loop-ends on tow-hooks:
Wrap cable once or twice around trunk:
Yew bush after being pulled.
Before carting bushes out back I would saw off the roots. After cutting off root ball using 18-inch chain saw:
The bush near front walkway had an enormous trunk (7 inches) & root ball:
Rented wood-chipper ($120 for 4 hrs from Ace Hardware). It was not able to chip the bushes because they were to green and did not fit well in the feed. The 12 bushes are now behind the shed to dry out then I will bring some to the transfer station (they charge $5/cubic yard for yard waste) & probably burn some if I set up a fire pit.
Wood chipper:
1 comment:
Looking good!
Mom
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