Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Mr. Miyagi of Boxwoods


People think I'm kidding when I tell them I have to trim the Boxwood hedges in our front yard every week. I'm not. This is what happens when I skip a couple of weeks. What you're looking at is 16 inches of new growth.

The process of trimming them back each week usually takes about 30-45 minutes, partly because they're big (one segment is probably over 10 feet long) and partly because I'm extremely anal. They look great when I'm done and the cool thing is that they're so dense that you can shake one end and the whole thing will wiggle and jiggle like a bowl full of Jello.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

That branch sticking way out looked so freaky. Should have let that one grow and see how tall it would get.