{"id":13415,"date":"2024-05-26T21:08:35","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=13415"},"modified":"2024-05-26T21:08:35","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T04:08:35","slug":"clearing-the-fence-line-of-brush","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/?p=13415","title":{"rendered":"Clearing the fence line of brush"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been cleaning the brush along a fence line. I want to mow along this because the area is &#8220;ladder-fuel&#8221;  for larger trees. Unfortunately my neighbor likes the natural ambiance, so her side is loaded with brush, trees, and dead\/dry material. The cleaner my side is, the more resistant it is to fire coming from that direction.<br \/>\nThree plants are most troublesome: Sweet autumn clematis, Washington Hawthorn, and elderberry. The first is a climbing vine that smothers other plants. Elderberry is a nice plant until it grows tall and starts to die up where one needs a ladder to remove the branches. At this point a small tree develops a top as burnable as newspaper. Hawthorn is a small tree with hard wood, pretty blossoms and berries, and thorns.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Washington-Hawthorn-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"905\" height=\"278\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13414\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Washington-Hawthorn-3.png 905w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Washington-Hawthorn-3-300x92.png 300w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Washington-Hawthorn-3-768x236.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><br \/>\nThe branches do not grow in a neat fashion. They go every which-a-way. The problem is getting rid of them without being impaled by the thorns. Two years ago I managed to get a thorn through the sidewall of a truck tire. The solution was a new tire. Ouch!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gorilla-yard-cart.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"258\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13413\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gorilla-yard-cart.png 256w, http:\/\/rocknponderosa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Gorilla-yard-cart-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 85vw, 256px\" \/>About 10 years ago I bought a Gorilla garden cart. The tires were not tough and after 3 thorn-flats, I had the tires filled with foam. At that time the cost was $1\/pound. It took 8 pounds per tire. No flats since, but I have to pull an extra 32 pounds around. I do use the cart a lot; gave the wheel barrow away.<\/p>\n<p>It has been suggested that I move into a town apartment and leave the aggravations out in the country. Not seeing that just yet.<br \/>\nMemorial Day will have the best weather we have had for weeks. A high near 72\u00b0 and light wind. Wind above 25 mph and gusting to 45 has been common in May. <\/p>\n<p>Keeping Track<br \/>\non the Naneum Fan<\/p>\n<p>John<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been cleaning the brush along a fence line. I want to mow along this because the area is &#8220;ladder-fuel&#8221; for larger trees. Unfortunately my neighbor likes the natural ambiance, so her side is loaded with brush, trees, and dead\/dry material. 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