Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Yardening Fall 2013 Part 2, 2 by ssgardener

ssgardener wrote:
Yay! I've been looking forward to seeing your lovely place, aspenhill. :)

Here's a yardening project that was desperately needed. I have a large hemlock in an awkward spot. Vines from two of my back neighbors' yards had attached themselves to the branches and were pulling them down. I tried cutting off the vines on my side, but couldn't reach the ones coming from the neighbors.

Here are the before and after photos. The tree workers had to use a machete and then a chainsaw to cut through the thick vines that had wrapped around the trunk. Thankfully, they're Virginia creepers and English ivy, and not poison ivy. I considered taking the tree down completely, but now I'm glad I left it standing, although it's looking a bit naked.

edit: Oh, the large stumps in the background are the sickly oaks that my neighbors cut down. I don't know if they're cutting them down any further. :/



This message was edited Oct 24, 2013 7:14 PM