Monday, November 28, 2016

That Glow Of Homeownerly Virtue

     Seven Eight bags of leaves on the porch.  Tam was a huge help in clearing the greater part of the back yard. Gutters cleaned and I have once more promised myself I'll install leaf screens.  More Northern Creeper pulled up and the heaped vines will probably fill four bags -- if I can bag it at all.  If not, it'll go in the Bagster we still haven't set up.

     The Northern Creeper is trying a desperation gambit: leaves on the driest parts are turning a brilliant scarlet!  Very lovely but it still has to go.  Without much in the way of a hard freeze so far (but just wait!), the ground is still soft and it's easier to pull up the long, wandering roots and runners of these vines.
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4 comments:

  1. Old NFONovember 28, 2016 at 8:15 PM

    At least you're not trying to eradicate bamboo... And that reminds me, I need to cut back the vines on the side of the garage. I'm not raking leaves until the @$(#@ wind dies... sigh

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  2. Roberta XNovember 29, 2016 at 5:55 AM

    We're too far north for Bamboo, I think. Winter Creeper is bad enough -- it is pervasive and the longer you look, the more of it you see.

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  3. PhssthpokNovember 29, 2016 at 10:35 AM

    Be glad it's not Himalayan Blackberry:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_armeniacus

    Danged tasty fruits, but nigh impossible to eradicate.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 29, 2016 at 5:33 PM

    Gutter leaf screens rock.

    The less I'm up on a ladder unnecessarily the better...

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