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Post by Ken on Apr 11, 2020 8:34:55 GMT -6
This will not rival Chils' manly yard work thread.  We have had boxwoods on our property since we moved in 20+ years ago. A couple winters in a row they took a big hit. 5 or 6 of them were pulled out last spring because they were bare, partially dead and ugly. We left another 10 in similar but slightly better shape with the hope of saving them but they never came back. So yesterday I did some searching and I found that some farms have been breeding new varieties of boxwood that are more robust and less prone to disease, etc. Depending on the farm, the name changes but I found them called Gem Box, Strong Box, Juke Box, Winter Gem and Green Gem. When I searched I found that my local HD carried one of these. So yesterday afternoon I went over there, found Winter Gem (more resistant to fungus and disease and good to -20°F!) and bought 12 of them. Brought them home and then went out to the backyard and cut down the old ones. Dug up all 10 stumps and then planted the 12 new ones. I dislike seeing dead things in my yard. Oh, and I'm sore today.  |
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Post by chils on Apr 11, 2020 12:10:24 GMT -6
This will not rival Chils' manly yard work thread. We have had boxwoods on our property since we moved in 20+ years ago. A couple winters in a row they took a big hit. 5 or 6 of them were pulled out last spring because they were bare, partially dead and ugly. We left another 10 in similar but slightly better shape with the hope of saving them but they never came back. So yesterday I did some searching and I found that some farms have been breeding new varieties of boxwood that are more robust and less prone to disease, etc. Depending on the farm, the name changes but I found them called Gem Box, Strong Box, Juke Box, Winter Gem and Green Gem. When I searched I found that my local HD carried one of these. So yesterday afternoon I went over there, found Winter Gem (more resistant to fungus and disease and good to -20°F!) and bought 12 of them. Brought them home and then went out to the backyard and cut down the old ones. Dug up all 10 stumps and then planted the 12 new ones. I dislike seeing dead things in my yard. Oh, and I'm sore today. Could've been more manly to place a stick of dynamite under each stump. Video for sure. Digging dirt is hard work yo'. My tractor bucket build was planned after manually digging a path for a rock walkway. Kicked my rear. |
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Post by Ken on Apr 11, 2020 15:04:05 GMT -6
This will not rival Chils' manly yard work thread. We have had boxwoods on our property since we moved in 20+ years ago. A couple winters in a row they took a big hit. 5 or 6 of them were pulled out last spring because they were bare, partially dead and ugly. We left another 10 in similar but slightly better shape with the hope of saving them but they never came back. So yesterday I did some searching and I found that some farms have been breeding new varieties of boxwood that are more robust and less prone to disease, etc. Depending on the farm, the name changes but I found them called Gem Box, Strong Box, Juke Box, Winter Gem and Green Gem. When I searched I found that my local HD carried one of these. So yesterday afternoon I went over there, found Winter Gem (more resistant to fungus and disease and good to -20°F!) and bought 12 of them. Brought them home and then went out to the backyard and cut down the old ones. Dug up all 10 stumps and then planted the 12 new ones. I dislike seeing dead things in my yard. Oh, and I'm sore today. Could've been more manly to place a stick of dynamite under each stump. Video for sure. Digging dirt is hard work yo'. My tractor bucket build was planned after manually digging a path for a rock walkway. Kicked my rear. I assumed the worst (lots of roots, stubborn stumps, etc) and I also assumed it would take longer than it did. I was surprised at how easy it was to get the stumps out. I was back out there working on other stuff today so I'm going to be stiff for awhile. Wait, that sounds dirty. |
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Post by chils on Apr 11, 2020 17:12:06 GMT -6
Could've been more manly to place a stick of dynamite under each stump. Video for sure. Digging dirt is hard work yo'. My tractor bucket build was planned after manually digging a path for a rock walkway. Kicked my rear. I assumed the worst (lots of roots, stubborn stumps, etc) and I also assumed it would take longer than it did. I was surprised at how easy it was to get the stumps out. I was back out there working on other stuff today so I'm going to be stiff for awhile. Wait, that sounds dirty. TLDR: Got stiff working the wood. Got it. |
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Post by poptop on Apr 13, 2020 13:07:09 GMT -6
Weeds saw fit to make me dig it all up and buy $100 worth (50) pieces of sod. Me and the boy dug the old out and laid the new and damn near died in the freakin heat. Summer is here. And I can't hack working in this crap any more. Too soft from office work. Thank God for the pool and um, the beer.
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Post by Ken on Apr 13, 2020 13:20:05 GMT -6
Weeds saw fit to make me dig it all up and buy $100 worth (50) pieces of sod. Me and the boy dug the old out and laid the new and damn near died in the freakin heat. Summer is here. And I can't hack working in this crap any more. Too soft from office work. Thank God for the pool and um, the beer. LOL. Meanwhile it's cloudy, 42° here and windy AF. |
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Post by poptop on Apr 13, 2020 13:43:13 GMT -6
It was 80 F'in one this morning when I went to the office. With everything else, might as well start hurricane season early this year. Why wait................. Yea, I'm havin a monday.
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