Bushes Gone Wild!

Tippy and Patches watched us the whole time we were cutting the bushes. They couldn't figure out where the loud noise of the trimmer was coming from.

Here is the trusty John Deere we have been using out on the farm. This tractor was my Grandpa Hales's tractor. It is pretty much brand new (low hours) even though it is old. My Grandpa bought it, but then never used it, so we are glad that it is in such great condition and works so well.

After we had all the branches loaded onto the tarp, we would take them over to the bucket of the tractor and dump them in. Then the tractor could carry them away and put them in a pile. Since we have pulled out so many bushes, and done a lot of yard work this year, we have piled all the stuff together, and next spring we are going to have a big bonfire after it has dried for the winter.

Here is our monstrous, over 6 foot high, out of control bush that Adam had to cut for us.

You can see in this picture how out of control our bushes were, and how much better it looks after they are cut back.

Adam cutting the bushes while my mom and Morgan wait to do their cleaning up job.

Okay, so we have these huge bushes in our yard. I think they are called fitzers, and they can get really big if you don't trim them. Well, we haven't trimmed them for the last four or five years...and we hired some people to come out last year to trim them, but they gave up because they were so out of control. So, my mom and I decided to tackle the project. Well, we got quite a bit done, and then her shoulders were starting to hurt really bad...so Adam and Morgan came over and helped us. Adam cut the bushes, and we moved the tarp under where he was cutting so the branches wouldn't go all over the lawn and driveway. We also had a rake and fork that we used to pull the cut branches off the top of the bushes. Finally, we had only the top of the over 6 foot bush to cut, so we loaded Adam up into the bucket on the tractor and lifted him over the bush. He had to cut it from the bucket holding the cutter out over the bush. It was a lot of work, and took a lot of muscle. We were glad Adam was there to help, because there is no way that my mom and I could have done it. It was a productive night. Then, the next day, Ted rented a wood splitter, and we split and chopped up the rest of our wood that we had gotten. Now, we are finally done with our wood work for this year!!! Yeah!