ERIN'S TREE RESCUE, and etc.
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2012-6-9 Late Spring and the Sweet Gum is very happy! The old Ivy leaves have dried up and many of them have fallen.
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11/28/11 - English Ivy is choking the life out of the Sweet Gum next door. It's the end of Nov., all the leaves are down. All th
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5/7/12 - A new neighbor who cares! I must investigate and interrogate!
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First the loose stuff gets pulled off
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Then the clippers come out. After a bit we're both surprised to find two trunks hidden beneath the Ivy, not one.
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The vines are ancient and the old ones are about 2" across. The clippers won't go through those. I go for the hatchet but
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Erin says she could use a crowbar. I go in and come back with a claw hammer. All this standing around and watching her work is
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Kevin comes out and joins the fun. Yes! I now have two people to snoopervise! Take one part estrogen and one part testosterone,
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It's getting dark and Kevin is putting on the finishing touches while Erin clears away the mile-high pile of vine and then finge
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Pretty Erin holds a chunk of matted vine pulled from the tree. It's like a second layer of bark, only thicker - sheesh.
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Almost done and I'm beginning to think I might have competition in the snoopervising department.
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Ok, people, enough already. Earlier I spotted a ground wasp crawling into a hole at the base of the tree and I still want to sp
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5/7/12 - It seems fitting to have a decent picture of the end result so the next morning is a good time to take care of that.
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