After digging out and replanting most of August, it seemed like a "good" idea to remove some of our over crowded and diseased lilac bushes. We wanted to hire someone to do that, but the tree removal companies just wanted to grind them down, but without chemical killer those roots would be vigorously re-sprouting.
Larry, with a little bit of assistance from me, started digging, and it really didn't seem that horrible, until our backs, and my hip, said NO. So for the last few weeks Larry's been tackling the 4 stumps with persistence, and has succeeded. So far we haven't had to go to the doctor, but we have done a lot of ice packs on backs.
We hope to save one clump of lilacs, it is a good privacy screen, but time will tell if it is healthy enough to save
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| ugly green service box |
. Until the fate of the last lilac is decided I probably won't be planting in that corner, well maybe a small bush to hide the ugly green service box.
Now, I just need to lay down some more landscape fabric, and mulch, clean out the ponds, harvest the runner beans, clean my tools, roll up my soaker hoses, reconfigure my raised beds... Happy October!
Greenie.
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| The Last Lilac Stump! |
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| Beautiful non blooming Morning Glory |
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| Larry's Arbor! |
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