Gardening without the Dodge...

Jun 03, 2010

For those who know me, I have a very bad habit of doing things a little differently.  Some may say I do it the wrong way, I say I do it the "other" way ;)  With Jeff gone for two weeks (actually looks longer, he had a death in his family today...) I had such high hopes to tackle my front yard.  The weather had not been cooperating, until today!

What is gardening "without Dodge"?  I have just enough "redneck" in my family tree to actually tie rope around trees & use my big old red Dodge to assist!  Last time I did it, I was just trying to yank a limb (my chainsaw is a wee electric one, and the chain jumped halfway through the cutting process), and took HALF the tree down - onto the tailgate!  This is the reason when Jeff isn't around, I am NOT allowed to fell any trees... But, today I DID!!!

Jeff actually drove my truck to California - he must have known my plans!  After mowing the lawn in the front, I started weeding my flower patch.  I was chatting with the next door neighbor when my daughter showed up.  I have a tree - errr, had - in my front yard that had been dying the last 3 years, so Kate joked that "maybe we could push it over," sadly, I agreed!  It took about  half hour of pushing, pulling, rocking it back in forth, then "TIMBER!"  We knocked that ornamental cherry tree DOWN!  I actually feel like George Washington - but a LOT fatter!

The problem isn't always knocking/chopping a tree down, it's the REMOVAL that gets tricky!  Much of the limbs were able to be yanked off - as I said this tree has been dying for a while.  Getting the trunk out of the way & sawing it into pieces was a chore that gave me more than my usual workout ;)  Kate, my daughter, said, "I guess that counts as a couple days of workout, huh mom?!"  I have three chunks of tree three feet long, and LOTS of limbs to be broken down.  Oh, and we also took a 6 foot maple down, as I don't need another tree growing in that section of the yard.  I filled a 55 gallon garbage can with weeds - and I am still considering more work the next day it is sunny ;)

I laugh to myself - my weight helped knock the tree down, but I cannot wait (pun!) until I lose half my weight to tackle MORE garden projects!!!  I am a little sore, and a lot tired, but proud that I am not just sitting on my butt waiting for surgery to lose weight.  I live life LOUD, and look forward to be more energetic when I get most this weight off!

B : )~

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