These photinias have rankled me for years, and with the advent of my Battle Mistress their fate was sealed
Here's the hedge intact from when I bought the place in 05:
Over the years they got big and scraggly, and developed some fungus; according to our nursery they simply don't belong here climate wise.
The NMFBM getting ready:
A few skeletons left:
All gone:
I used to do this with an axe, meaning I chopped off the shrub at the roots, and then had to go in and try to separate the tangled branches with loppers and small saws, which is a real hassle. Now I go the other way, starting with as high as I can reach and working down. The stumps get removed by axe, which is cheap to replace
Great exercise, btw!
Here's the hedge intact from when I bought the place in 05:
Over the years they got big and scraggly, and developed some fungus; according to our nursery they simply don't belong here climate wise.
The NMFBM getting ready:
A few skeletons left:
All gone:
I used to do this with an axe, meaning I chopped off the shrub at the roots, and then had to go in and try to separate the tangled branches with loppers and small saws, which is a real hassle. Now I go the other way, starting with as high as I can reach and working down. The stumps get removed by axe, which is cheap to replace
Great exercise, btw!
