snowball bushes..

so in front of our sweet little Farm House

are these Snowball bushes

and not just one or two

like ooodles

and ooodles

like they had babies

there are literally 

generations of them

and they are TALL

and beautiful

but

thick

and OUT of control

and buggy in the summer

and Machine Man wants to KILL them all

(hunter instinct)

and Opa thinks they retain too much water too near the house to be logical

and I LOVE them

and want to save them

and Princess

well 

agrees with ME :)

LOVE her!

so WE devised a plan

and every single time we have attempted the plan

it has..

failed..

because their stems are SO many

and SO thick

and we are ...

it would seem...

VERY wimpy chicks

see how TALL they are?

see those stubs in front?

those are DAYS worth of work!

and you can BARELY NOTICE!

ugh

it's like a bad hair cut

so i brought up my hedge cutters

lame...

and Opa brought up HIS ELECTRIC hedge trimmers

(still IN the box... because he IS ... THAT cool)

let's see what does the job

neither

we had to go to a chain saw

those suckers are like wood!

we ended up with a HUGE burn pile!

looks great  right!

the plan is...

(you're just really eager to know right?)

that with them more...

manageable, shall we say...

we can now DIG them up in the early spring,

and transplant them

along my side of the park way...

see on the left of the drive way, how it dips a bit, and there is a white birch, that is sort of...

the road way..

and I think these would look beautiful,

dotting all along my yard as people drive by... 

my home is high up enough it won't hinder my seeing the street or the neighbors, 

but sure will make the drive beautiful 

and my view...

my neighbors LOVED the idea too

who knows..

perhaps they'll help..

goodness knows

we'll NEED IT!

(giggling)