While some of us were snoozing in the sun, the boys from Bartlett came to take back the hedges and trees.
It was quite a day! They arrived at 8:30am, three strong and cheerful boys, and they did not leave until 4:30 in the afternoon. Taking the laurel hedge down to the height of Faye's cedar hedge next door was one of the most impressive things. Check out the height difference before they started (above). And here is the finished product:
Who knew Faye had a chimney?
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They also cleaned up the cedar hedge between us and the hospital, which had sort of been butchered (from the hospital side) and then ignored.
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Lovely caterpillar shape!
They also cleared a path for the service wires in the plane tree on the boulevard.
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And they cleaned up the cedar hedge at the back, hacked back the portugese laurel, and trimmed the thujas. !
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Ain't it grand!
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