Cleaning up the garden then going to a concert
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (342483)
Rockingham, Australia
December 2, 2017 11:24pm CST
We are not good gardeners. When we built our home here in Western Australia in 2004 we planted two rows of golden diosma in front of the house. Although they were quite pretty, we never kept them pruned and eventually they blocked the view of the paddock beyond. We also learnt that they are not a good choice in areas subject to bushfires as they flare up easily.
Yesterday we pulled them all out one by one by putting a rope round them and hitching them to the tractor. This morning we put the bushes on the car trailer and carted them down the paddock to be burnt next winter. We had three trailerloads this morning and tomorrow we’ll no doubt be fixing the reticulation (watering system) which mostly got pulled up along with the diosma.
But now we’re taking the car and caravan about 30 miles down the road to a concert. No drink driving for us! I’ll catch you all tomorrow. 
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@JamesHxstatic (29413)
• Eugene, Oregon
4 Dec 17
Good that you had the tractor to make it easier. Have a good time!
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@JudyEv (342483)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Dec 17
@BellaDoc I can still remember my brother letting me steer the tractor home and making great sweeping tracks through the paddock through over-correcting all the time. Men have some great toys don't they? 
Where and why did you drive a tractor? Feeding sheep perhaps?
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@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
3 Dec 17
Have a good time at your concert.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
3 Dec 17
We had 2 huge bushes in our yard that had grown into giants that overtook the yard. Hubby thought he could pull them out with a chain. When I researched it and found that the root system was quite deep, he tossed that thought aside and took them down with a chainsaw.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
9 Dec 17
@JudyEv hubby is a pro with the chainsaw.
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@JudyEv (342483)
• Rockingham, Australia
10 Dec 17
@ElusiveButterfly Vince is pretty good with it too. It certainly lightens the load.
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
5 Dec 17
Sweet! Hope it was a good concert!
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@KrauseHome (36447)
• United States
5 Dec 17
Sounds like a great way to relax after a long hard day of working in the yard. Something you definitely need
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@JudyEv (342483)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Dec 17
Yes, thanks. It was good to relax at the concert. We enjoyed it a lot.
@ChoukseyMK (1045)
• India
4 Dec 17
It seems you are a very active and hard worker. And good gardener too.
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@JudyEv (342483)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Dec 17
As long as we have our tip pass with us we can take waste to the rubbish tip. But with green waste we just make a heap down the paddock and burn it in winter.
@JudyEv (342483)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Dec 17
Thanks. Luckily the tractor did most of the work. It would have been very difficult otherwise.
@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
3 Dec 17
Wow. That doesn't look like an easy job at all, pulling up those plants up.
I hope you have a wonderful time at the concert.
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@misunderstood_zombie (8142)
• United States
4 Dec 17
@JudyEv I wondered how you did all that so quickly, not it makes sense.
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