On 7/19/2015 12:40 PM, wrote:
On Sun, 19 Jul 2015 12:22:37 -0400, John H.
wrote:

...anything?

When your wife is out of town for a couple weeks!

Wrong wife. Mine likes cutting stuff back.
This is the second week in a row that we put out a pile like this for
the hort guys. Those are 55 gallon drum liners, stuffed full.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/hort%207-19-15.jpg



My wife never trusted me to do any landscaping work in the 15 years
we've lived in this house ... or even mow the lawns. She felt more
comfortable paying a professional landscaper to do it all. I was
allowed to take care of the old "farm house" property when we owned it.

But this year (mainly because I don't have a lot to do) I convinced her
that I can do it. It gave me an excuse to buy a new John Deere riding
mower and a Husqvarna self propelled push mower (for the tight spaces)
for about what we were paying landscapers in 2-3 months.

I found the secret of pruning and trimming also. Just cut all the
bottom stuff off whatever the bush is so it looks like a small tree.