Another 3 Bushes Down

Although it is very difficult when only allowed to use one arm to its full extent (as I have a 'tennis elbow' in my left arm),over the last couple of afternoons I have succeeded in cutting three more bushes down, and today, with a little help from my wife, I dug up the roots of he largest one.

Only two bushes remaining in this bed, now (a small Juniper, and a Slender Deutzia), and they arre going to be moved to another part of the garden.

Before moving them, I have to get rid of the roots of the other two, smaller, bushes I cut down.

After moving the soil back into the hole, the removal of roots and rocks is beginning to show, and we shall have to get some soil from the re-cycling plant in Ringe,

Killing a Bush - Part 2

After 45 minutes of hard labor...

With forecasts predicting up to Celsius 25, and the thermometer already showing Celsius 20 when I got out of bed, I had no excuses for not finishing what I started yesterday.

So, after hurriedly sanding the bases on the remaining four Uruks, I got out my spade, my sledgehammer, and my pick, and set about removing the roots of the bush I cropped down yesterday.

It was hot work, very hot!

The spoils of war

Another hour later

When I had finished tidying up the spot, carrying all parts of the bush away on my wheel-barrow, it was time for lunch.

After lunch, the kids and I dressed up and went to Næsby Jernalderlandsby (Næsby Iron Age Village) for the annual Iron Age/Viking market there. More about that in a later post!

Killing a Bush

I got caught up in RLI (Real Life Issues) today, and my only progress on the hobby-front so far has been statting up an OGAM list for Lizardmen, and constructing my first 900 pts warband.

All (!) morning was spent on returning a book to the libray (A Game of Thrones - I simply gave up on it 2/3 in. I think it si the first time in 40 odd years I have not finished a book I started reading, but AGoT simply bored the heck out of me), and buying a calendar (kind of pocket time-manager) for my eldest daughter to keep track of her school-work.

Before. Taken a while ago.

This, of course, because I went to the nearby town with the whole family, instead of going by myself, in which case I could have been back after 30 minutes.

After lunch, I removed labels from a lot of wine bottles (I have a batch of mead long overdue for bottling), and then I mowed the front lawn, pressed Lea into service helping me raking the grass into small stacks (I really should figure out, how to use the grass catcher for the lawnmower), and then I killed one of the bushes in the front yard with my chainsaw.

 At first, I thought I would cut them both down, but I realized that it will take some time and effort to remove the roots of the first one, and I do not see any reason for having more bare soil for weeds to grow in than absolutely necessary.

Thus, I stopped after cutting down the yellowish one, and then applied the branch-cutter to remove as much as the visible remains as possible.

This is what remains, now.

Weather permitting, I shall start digging the roots free tomorrow.

If I get the roots removed completely, I may take the chainsaw to the other bush right away, but I also want to get some work done on the Blood Eagle warbands, that I have neglected to do today.

Spring/summer and weekend is a bad cocktail for getting hobby-stuff done. Too many distractions!

Tasks Ahead

The thing about owning a large stretch of ground around your house is that there is always something else you need to get done.

These two bushes are going to be killed off, leaving space for an apple tree and some raspberry bushes.

I am probably not going to have time for doing it until Monday, though, as I still have some weedkiller to spread tomorrow, and some dandelions to remove from the various lawns.

And then there is this pile of firewood that needs splitting before I can put it in the shed.

I hope to be able to borrow a hydraulic log splitter from the guy who delivers the bulk of our firewood, but that will have to wait until next month, at least.

And then there is the extension of the lily/flower bed at the veggie garden.

I am not going to get bored this summer, for sure!

Cropping the Bushes

Before

Behind the house we have a lot of fairly old bushes. and some of them have branched out at bit too close to the house (closest) and the garage.

I have forgotten to do something about it over and over again. but Saturday morning I got my chainsaw out and cut some branches from the hazel (closest) and the elder shown in the pictures.

The picture below shows the bushes after treatment with the chaisaw.

After

Sunday I cropped a few of the thinner branches of the hazel with a branch cutter, and I don't think I have to do more about it until winter is here.

Funny thing about gardens - everything is in constant change, and there is always something to do...