Who said you could?

 

 

 

See the bushes in front of our home I haven't liked them from the day we moved in back in 1999. I have suggested we get rid of them, hinted that we should get rid of them, and flat out said they are going this year several times! No one took me seriously, especially my husband. So.....

 

Christopher recently got a truck and had stopped by the house one late afternoon.  I mentioned I wish we could get rid of those bushes.  Nuff said ... he looked back at his brothers and then the truck. I knew then what was going to happen.  ( boys and their toys)
 

 

Before I knew it the truck was backed up to the bushes and trees and the rope came out. They tied it to the base of the pine.

 

Jordan lifted Tim up so he could tie a rope to the top of the tree so it won't snap back and break the bay window.  They all impressed me with the safety and thinking they put into this project.

 

Time to pull...

 

and pull....

 

one last good pull...  this was about the time my husband came to the door and his jaw dropped.

 

After attempting to take out the other tall pine - not so successful.  Tim is holding his strap that just broke and hassling his brother.

 

Christopher took the chain saw to that pine tree and the other 3 bushes.

 

Almost done

 

 

 

Much better - watch to see what happens next

 

 

What's that buzzing?

 

 

It's that time of year when trimming of branches and yard clean up needs to be done. Our community has branch pick up in the fall, so it is a good idea to take advantage of that service.  I grabbed the cutters and away I went on our tree line. I really do not enjoy yard work at all.

 

Here Jordan and Christal loaded up branches and took them to the front yard and piled them up.

 

 

 

Later in the day I was driving the tractor and stopped under our front tree to clip a branch.  As I got off the tractor I heard a lot of buzzing.   I looked up and this is what I found!

 

If you look real close you can see bees at the bottom of the nest.  These are bald-faced hornets. They are black and white and apparently sting repeatedly.  I did not get stung I moved pretty quick out of the area.

 

My kind neighbor came over at dusk to help us get rid of the nest.  I laid a piece of plastic on the ground under it.  Steve sprayed directly into the opening with a bee killer.  The next morning there were several dead bees on the ground. (that's when I saw what they looked like).  We then clipped the branch and tossed it out.  It was very large and the detail on the outside is very intricate.