When we bought the house in 1989 there were four tall evergreens in a row about six feet on our side of the northern property line. They were a bother to care for as well as taking up a lot of our property so after the condo was built next door and they put up their fence, we cut the trees down.. Three of the stumps rotted in the ground but one started growing ivy on it which eventually grew into a four foot by five foot ivy ball.
Today Norma had Beau, her lawn guy get rid of it. Beau used his chain saw to try to cut the stump and then all three of us pulled, pushed and yanked on it until it came out pulling the remains of the rotten stump with it and leaving Norma with a nice hole to plant her new hydrangea bush.
The ivy ball weighed over two hundred pounds and it was quite a struggle to drag it across the lawn and load it into Beau's truck. He says his mother has a huge lawn and he is going to transplant the ivy into a corner of her yard. It is pretty good ivy as far as ivy goes. It does not wander, it just grows onto itself and stays in one place. I had actually grown quite fond of it but Norma wanted the space it took up for other purposes.
That's my work for the day!
Today Norma had Beau, her lawn guy get rid of it. Beau used his chain saw to try to cut the stump and then all three of us pulled, pushed and yanked on it until it came out pulling the remains of the rotten stump with it and leaving Norma with a nice hole to plant her new hydrangea bush.
The ivy ball weighed over two hundred pounds and it was quite a struggle to drag it across the lawn and load it into Beau's truck. He says his mother has a huge lawn and he is going to transplant the ivy into a corner of her yard. It is pretty good ivy as far as ivy goes. It does not wander, it just grows onto itself and stays in one place. I had actually grown quite fond of it but Norma wanted the space it took up for other purposes.
That's my work for the day!
Wow, "the beast".
ReplyDeleteThat's a pretty nice looking Ivy ball. I'll bet you could have shaped it into a Mickey Mouse lookalike if you tried.
ReplyDeleteI will pass that idea on to Beau! She could have carved it into a deer!
Deletenow you can plant some deer food bushes les
ReplyDelete...And little lambs eat ivy. I think does eat ivy as well - your ball of ivy will be missed.
ReplyDeleteIf the words sound queer and funny to your ear, a little bit jumbled and jivey. Sing "Mares eat oats and does eat oats and little lambs eat ivy"
"A kid'll eat ivy too, wouldn't you?"
DeleteThe deer steered clear of the ivy, they have more expensive tastes!
What Norma wants, Norma gets! I like the deer carving idea :)
ReplyDeleteIvy is slowly taking over our yard. It completely covers all the fencing which is what we wanted (chain link) but now it's creeping everywhere. I think Norma's Hydrangea plant will prove to be a little less dangerous.
ReplyDeleteWe want ivy to cover the new deer fence. There were a few shoots left in the ground under the ivy we removed that Norma is going to plant under the fence. I know it is hard to control and a previous crop of it actually killed a large tree on the property line. The main vines became huge and eventually choked the tree.
ReplyDeleteA 200 lb ivy??? What has Norma been feeding that thing?
ReplyDeleteI suspect dead deer.
DeleteAs the human voice of deer everywhere, they would just like to remind you all that they WERE HERE FIRST! (Well technically the dinos were here first, but whatever.)
ReplyDeleteAnd your last post about battery cleaning gave me an excellent idea. My Fella has an incredibly ugly pair of camo shorts I keep trying to throw out but he won't get rid of them. I suspect they may sadly come into contact with some hungry battery acid in the very near future :)
That was enough work for one day anyway. Soon time to head south again.
ReplyDeleteWe've had our workouts with Ivy too, at our previous home. When it gets out of hand, it's a bear to manage.
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