(Writing retrospectively)With all the focus on New Zealand and getting to the end of term, some serious hedge cutting needed doing. We could barely see the climbing frame from the rest of the garden and the neighbours were starting to get to the point where they wouldn't get much morning sunlight.
I tackled the job with some relish. The quiet shredder is a real bonus but it was only after this job that I realised that it is better to snip and shred than do one massive swathing slice with the hedge trimmer and pick it all up afterwards. I also think that next time I will lay out a tarpaulin to catch all the trimmings since it is a pain to pick them up from the bark.
This photo is a few days later and it all looks very neat. This is taken with the new camera I have bought for the NZ trip. Canon EOS 500D - I am going to learn how to use a SLR for once.
This last picture was taken a few weeks later (13th August). It still looks pretty good but odd little bits are sneaking out of the rigid formation! Got to dig out one of those rhubarb or they will take over. NOT a job I am looking forward to. I may well just drill it and put in root out if I lose the will to live...
