It was too dark to take progress photos last night, so this is how the dead spruce tree I took down looked when I was done for the day.
When I get back to it later today, I’ll be using the mini chainsaw (cordless pruner) to finish de-branching it. Depending on how things go today, I might even be able to break the trunk down more with the electric chainsaw. I’ll have to watch myself, though. My body is already warning me not to overdo it. Power tools will help with that, at least, but it was quite painful getting up this morning. 😦
This is the larger of the vine pieces that were still wrapped around the trunk.
After fighting off the Virginia Creeper since we moved out here, it actually stuns me when I go into garden centres and see it for sale. People actually pay money for this invasive plant! I get that they’re pretty, but my goodness, do they ever kill off anything they wrap themselves around! I’m still pulling it from areas I cleared two summers ago. Any little root left in the soil will keep trying to sprout.
Speaking of invasive, you can see in the background of the above photo, how the chokecherry tree is trying to spread! Gotta get that under control, too!
The Re-Farmer
Wisteria will do the same.
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We actually want to have wisteria! When we do, we’ll have to be really careful about keeping it under control, it seems.
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There is where the struggle lies, control. I have a friend who wants it, and has said that she would plant it either in a container or box bed so to be able to control where it goes. I have it, and it is a constant struggle with vines that go in all directions and grow quickly. These were planted years before I bought the house so its a gift from my parents 😉
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You are a woman of all trades.
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Thank you. I hope to some day be as adept as my late father. He could figure out anything he put his hand to, and be good at it, too!
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