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a bittersweet day
Apr. 6th, 2014 02:42 pmThe battle was joined this morning. At times I felt like I had put on a red coat on January 22nd, 1879. Even my heavy iron couldn't bring them all down.
Yes, trying to save some of the trees from Asiatic Bittersweet. Thankfully no rose was involved, so I didn't have to watch out for thorns. But I've had to take two rest breaks and I didn't manage to get all the vine out of the three small trees. After the first break I brought out the heavy artillery. Imagine the thing on the right in this picture, only 12 feet long and made of iron. It's hard to hold, but on the down stroke it provides its own locomotion. It wasn't designed for pulling vines out of trees, it was designed for cleaning clinkers out of steam engines. Since there aren't any steam engines around, it's been re-purposed.
Yes, trying to save some of the trees from Asiatic Bittersweet. Thankfully no rose was involved, so I didn't have to watch out for thorns. But I've had to take two rest breaks and I didn't manage to get all the vine out of the three small trees. After the first break I brought out the heavy artillery. Imagine the thing on the right in this picture, only 12 feet long and made of iron. It's hard to hold, but on the down stroke it provides its own locomotion. It wasn't designed for pulling vines out of trees, it was designed for cleaning clinkers out of steam engines. Since there aren't any steam engines around, it's been re-purposed.
