Not particularly impressive, but here are the Amur Maples in their new bed. Of course now I wish we had planted them five or seven years ago so they’d be a good screen by now between us and the neighbors. (Not that we don’t like our neighbors; it’s just that we’re all jammed together in suburbia here.) Can you see the grass covered stump in the next yard? That was a nasty Cottonwood that nevertheless provided some separation and privacy in the past. Damn thing sent lots of surface roots and suckers in to our yard, so can’t say that I miss it. It made us less motivated to plant our own hedge until it was gone.
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by Scott Carpenter on 4 July 2007 at 10:22 pm
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I’m on vacation this week and it seemed like it would be fun to remove some of the grass from our yard. I’ve rented a manual sod “kicker” to cut sod in the past, but was seriously questioning my decision this time around. It’s hard work, and I’m older and fatter now. I could have brought home a noisy, gasoline burning, smoke belching machine from the same place, my inner slacker complained.
It got easier after cutting the initial strip and figuring out that downhill is better. (Just a slight slope, but what a difference.) You also want to attack at a low angle. Keeping the handles lower while you kick seems to cut more smoothly while at the same time putting maximum strain on your lower …
by Scott Carpenter on 4 July 2007 at 12:11 am
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