As you can see from the first picture on the right, the hedges along the side of my house are totally out of control. And let the record show, I do NOT take responsibility for this. I have lived in this house for 12 years this month and EVERY time the hedges grow up like this (or even taller!), I cut them down to a manageable size. This is not an easy nor enjoyable task, mind you. You can't tell me, after 12 years, that these hedges do not know I don't want them all grown up like this.So after years of no success cutting the hedges down to size and telling them how nice they look in their "smaller" size, I took a different approach today. I do NOT enjoy cutting these things and I have very little, if any natural skill. Looking at the rebellious bushes today, I said "OK, if that's the way you want to be, we can play it your way."
I started cutting and decided not to worry about how the bushes looked. I figured, if they are going to be rebellious and keep growing back even after they know I don't want them to, I am going to SHAME them into cooperation! It's not like I could help it much, but I pretty much just butchered them today. I figured, "Hey, if you're gonna be that way, I'm just gonna make you look UGLY whenever I have to cut you down".
I don't know if they could tell the difference this time over any other, but I felt better anyway. It's my new philosophy in plant management.
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Because of my shoulder surgery which was due to be done in August of last year and I did not get done until March of this year I have had to hire someone to trim my hedges. Hopefully I will heal in time to keep them trimmed. I was trimming them about once or twice a month, been about eight months or so since they were last trimmed. ha. Ken
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