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What else is new?

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  • 89th8 89th

    @89th said in What else is new?:

    @brenda said in What else is new?:

    @89th
    I LOVE YOUR ARBORVITAE ARBOR!! That is too cool.

    Here is a pic from yesterday, I haven't pruned it this year but you get the idea of how the arch has grown in quite nicely, lol!

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    compared to 2021:

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    Some updated pics for @brenda after finally finishing the arborvitae trimming. I have to stand near the top of an 8-foot ladder then stretch with my 6-foot extension hedger to give these fellas a haircut at the top. I think they'd grow to 20-30 feet if I let them! They are about 15 feet tall as we speak now. My 2 year old is hanging onto the fence... in the afternoon the light comes in from behind and it really glows, which is nice in autumn with the colorful leaves in the background.

    Next Spring's project is to re-set the flagstone and river rock pathway, don't think it's been touched in 20 years.

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    Also found this fella today nearby:

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    #74

    @89th

    Those look like cedars making the arch. Do you know what kind?

    With effort we have had good luck with cedars despite the dryness and winter cold. Not sure whether the cedars we grow here would spread enough to make an arch like you have.

    Looks great 89.

    Elbows up!

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    • MikM Away
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      Beautiful

      "You cannot subsidize irresponsibility and expect people to become more responsible." — Thomas Sowell

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        Horace
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        #76

        That is very cool. Like something out of Middle Earth.

        Education is extremely important.

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          #77

          That close in picture looks like it could be england somewhere. loL

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            #78

            I LOVE this, 89th!!!

            Hubby likes it, too, and we are already planning on making one of these green arbors in the backyard. I think even more than one!

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              #79

              You have an awesome froggo, too, 89th! Very handsome.

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              • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                That close in picture looks like it could be england somewhere. loL

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                @taiwan_girl said in What else is new?:

                That close in picture looks like it could be england somewhere. loL

                Yes, in a garden of a large country house like Chatsworth or Castle Howard. Lovely

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                • RenaudaR Renauda

                  @89th

                  Those look like cedars making the arch. Do you know what kind?

                  With effort we have had good luck with cedars despite the dryness and winter cold. Not sure whether the cedars we grow here would spread enough to make an arch like you have.

                  Looks great 89.

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                  @Renauda said in What else is new?:

                  @89th

                  Those look like cedars making the arch. Do you know what kind?

                  With effort we have had good luck with cedars despite the dryness and winter cold. Not sure whether the cedars we grow here would spread enough to make an arch like you have.

                  Looks great 89.

                  Good eye, I think it is some cedar arborvitae variety, maybe a "junior giant thuja"? Hard to tell since I've had to trim it to control the width and height, but I know it grows like 5-9" per year. I am planting a few emerald green arborvitae in the backyard soon (9 to be exact) to fill in some gaps where we removed some old shrubs near the fence line. I'm looking forward to those, especially if they get some direct sun...arborvitae LOOOOOVE direct sun.

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                    Funny, I found a Google Map street view from 2008, the red arrows is where the arborvitaes are (looks like 2' tall) and the orange arrow is actually a maple tree that is now a good 30' tall.

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                      Ha! Here it is in 2013. Wow, what growth since then.

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                        @blondie - Some latest pics, now that the backyard maples are on fire.

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                          Very nice, @89th !

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                            Lovely.

                            If you don't take it, it can only good happen.

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                              That’s beautiful.

                              Education is extremely important.

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                                Wow. @89th. Beautiful. I wish we had the climate to grow cedar like this. Our chinooks aren’t kind. I love your maples. Fall and spring are my favourite seasons.

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                                  Fall colors of trees is so neat and pretty.

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