Comments on: Yews: A story in pictures

By: Amy’s Gripping Commentary » Dungarees and mattocks

Amy’s Gripping Commentary » Dungarees and mattocks — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:38:09 +0000

[...] used a mattock the last couple of days to dig out some old roots from the bushes in our front yard. This was supposed to be David’s project but I just don’t have much planting time left, [...]

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 04:09:38 +0000

Or melt the siding like Uncle Gary did when he burned the Christmas tree too close to the house.

There was a burning bush endorsing W on Daily Show the other day.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:13:17 +0000

Don’t get those burning bushes too close to the house or you’ll never sleep at night with God yapping 24-7.

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:32:24 +0000

Yes, they are just big and ugly and ungainly. We left three of them in, but the big ones really bug me. I’m putting in a burning bush, boxwoods, dogwood, barberry, and flowers. Or whatever else I think looks good and/or get to thin from my neighbors and friends!

By: Must be Motherhood

Must be Motherhood — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:27:30 +0000

But why? Are you going to replace them with something else?

By: Amy

Amy — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:59:14 +0000

Good plan! Unfortunately, that won’t work, because I spent yesterday afternoon chopping off all the branches with a lopper so I could send them to some sort of landfill (I figure they’ll biodegrade quickly so I don’t feel too guilty… tried to find a place to mulch/recycle them but no luck). Chopping them was not nearly as fun as yanking them out with the truck.

At least the house is full of Casper tumbleweeds.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:43:06 +0000

I say you save them for a very windy day and they can be giant tumbleweeds for the entire neighborhood. People will come from miles around to cast their eyes upon the great rolling vegetation. The legend will sweep the circle city and years from now folks will speak of days of yore when the yews took over the town.