more wisteria

I spent another 9+ hours today cutting down wisteria - and even had a neighbor helping me for about 3 of that, so that's 12+ hours of labor. I'm still not "quite" done. I hope the remaining section takes no more than a couple of hours. THEN, we can start working on the wisteria on the other side of the fence (in my neighbor's yard). MOST of what I cut down along the fence on my side "came over" the top of the fence from her side - and was 5-6 ft or more in places on my side! And she even had it cut back once this year!

The long term goal is to cut it completely down on both sides. I have cut mine back "severely" - meaning there is just a "stump" left. However, it will come back if that isn't dug out. Because I do not have another 2-3 days to work on hers, we are going to just trim it this fall -- and try to find time to cut it back to stumps in the spring before it starts really growing. Then we will need to find someone who can dig those out or grind them down like you do a tree trunk. I have a tree that needs to be removed, so hopefully I can find someone to do both jobs. I have a total of nine wisteria bushes. I'm not sure how many she has, but probably the same - since it is along the same fence and she also has them on her patio as I do.

Since I am getting this cut down, I now need to decide what I do want to do as far as landscaping my yard here. That's my next spring / early summer project. :-)

I have really enjoyed getting to know this neighbor. I found a lot out about her today as we were working together. I knew she was widowed fairly recently. Her husband passed away suddenly (in front of my house!) about two and a half years ago. He had been an administrator (vice principal) and she had been a teacher in the public school system.

The best part is that she is a very committed Christian, so we enjoyed sharing some of our "God is so good" stories today.

Guess we'll have time for a few more before we get all of this mess hacked down!


One note on a different subject. The closing on my other house is set for Tuesday (10/7) at 11:00. PTL! It's been nine months today since I closed on my new home.