Weekend blog - Mark and Ben

Friday April 11^th there were lots of elbows and knees out as it was one of the first real nice days of spring. We started by trimming the perennial grasses back in to nice little balls. We also cleaned and the leaves out the beds, focusing on where the snow had been piled. We also trimmed the Seven Son tree, Spiraea nipponica, and the Arundo donax. There were some annuals left in the bed from last year, we took them out too.

 

Saturday April 12^th we continued to clean out the woodland garden. Getting right in there with the backpack blower for the final finish. We also attached the Echo Pro-Paddle and cleaned the section of grass assigned to us. Next we gathered up the ladders and climbed on to the Wisteria. While up above the ground we trimmed the Wisteria 4-6 buds from the nearest branch. For the branches were flexible, we trained them back down through the pergola so the flower hangs downwards for the perfect sight. Next we went over Cornus Sericea and trimmed back all the old growth, leaving us with 4-6 fresh young vigorous branches. We cleaned up the brush and took it to the compost pile.

Sunday April 13^th we started the day off by taking down the snow fence in the conifer garden. This involved taking all the twist ties off then rolling up the orange fence then pulling the stakes out. We also unwrapped the Franklinia in the Weekes Garden from what seemed like never ending amount of burlap. We loaded them up in the RTV then put them into the outdoor storage room. We then proceeded to clean the mass amounts of brush from the trees that were cut down and the dogwoods that were cut back, in which required many trips to the compound to dump. Then it was time to fuel up and clean the machines that we used.