Bless her heart, my prior landlady (Ginger) gave us books on gardening and pruning when she found out we bought a house. I've been perusing the pruning book for months and we finally bought the necessary tools. Armed with wound paint, pruning shears, a pruning saw, and a very tall ladder, we headed outside this morning for what I thought would be a quick job. Five exhausting hours later, we called it a day.
The neighbor kids helped us drag giant branches from their yard to ours, because we had to go into their yard to cut the branches that were threatening to consume their house. We cut branches that were big enough to be their own tree. Thanks to the wind, we both got wound spray (I think it's basically tar) all over our hands and faces. You can see my "freckled" hand in the bottom picture. It's a good thing I like hot showers because I basically melted off the tar in a very, very hot shower. We didn't have anything stronger than soap and that just wasn't cutting it.
You can't really tell from the pictures how big the branches are. On the bottom one, you can see the pretty center in the wood, plus the fact that my hand spans maybe half the width.
The worst part? We're not done. Ahh, the joys of being a homeowner.
3 comments:
wow, what an undertaking!! That tree must have been HUGE!!! I am so glad Robert says I get in the way with that kind of stuff...lol...
GOOD WORK, you poor dear! That doesn't seem like my kind of weekend. SO do something fun next weekend!:)
Okay I'm catching up on my reading and I had to comment on your driving directions. We all have our own internal dialog that keeps us sane and helps in all driving situations! You're not alone. I also wanted to thank you for the link to the Lehi Roller Mill. You may not know this but I went to Jr High and High School in American Fork. And I even cruised main in Lehi a time or two. The mill was a huge landmark as there was nothing out there at the time.
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