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The hedge at the front of my house had been getting a little bigger each year despite me trimming it and it had grown to about 7 foot high, so I decided to cut it down to 4 foot today.
Now Berberis is a spikey SOB, at the best of times I end up looking like a pin cushion every time I tackle it.
Of course what I hadn't thought about was the amount of material that cutting this down would produce. lopping 3 foot off the top has created a pile as big as the hedge itself.
It's much too spikey to bag and I think it would take weeks to get rid of by filling the green wheelie bin we have for garden waste.
Have sent SOS to friends to borrow a garden shredder, still gives lots more light into the house.
Now Berberis is a spikey SOB, at the best of times I end up looking like a pin cushion every time I tackle it.
Of course what I hadn't thought about was the amount of material that cutting this down would produce. lopping 3 foot off the top has created a pile as big as the hedge itself.
It's much too spikey to bag and I think it would take weeks to get rid of by filling the green wheelie bin we have for garden waste.
Have sent SOS to friends to borrow a garden shredder, still gives lots more light into the house.
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