This weekend, T. spent large chunks of time ripping large chunks of overgrown undergrowth out - what had thought was razor-wire-like-vines over a bush turned out to be razor-wire-like-vines over more of the same, for instance, and there are grape vines growing over everything; there are entire TREES that have been choked out by grape vines in our hedgerow. (I hear grape burns nicely).
Plus side: we know the soil's good for grapes, which are on our list of to-cultivate plants (just not, ah, trellised up the 40' pine?).
Today, T. and I were dragging piles of chopped vines into the hedgerow (mulch!); I asked:
"Is that an apple behind you?"
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Plus side: we know the soil's good for grapes, which are on our list of to-cultivate plants (just not, ah, trellised up the 40' pine?).
Today, T. and I were dragging piles of chopped vines into the hedgerow (mulch!); I asked:
"Is that an apple behind you?"
( Read more... )