tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post3202328941056423624..comments2023-04-15T04:11:14.515-07:00Comments on Mindless Meanderings of a Middle-Aged Maniac: Boxwood BluesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01508114700180229059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-31701243002133928482010-06-28T22:52:13.627-07:002010-06-28T22:52:13.627-07:00Thanks for the compliment, and the follow.Thanks for the compliment, and the follow.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508114700180229059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-66030170673886886902010-06-28T17:07:33.294-07:002010-06-28T17:07:33.294-07:00Hi I liked the blog, and I'm following!Hi I liked the blog, and I'm following!Petra Mafaldahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03003228038905012548noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-12611379961036574882010-06-27T19:28:55.889-07:002010-06-27T19:28:55.889-07:00I'm pruning one of the bonsais today, Martina....I'm pruning one of the bonsais today, Martina. It's going more smoothly than the boxwood, although I did accidentally yank a couple of branches off the tree I didn't intend to yank off. I was trying to pull them in the direction I wanted them to grow.<br /><br />Only one stylist has ever messed up my hair and she was still a student, Tim. But my hair is so long now it doesn't really need shaping or styling, just an occasional snip of the split ends.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508114700180229059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-50871090571060500032010-06-27T12:50:20.652-07:002010-06-27T12:50:20.652-07:00I cut my own hair too...the last stylist I went to...I cut my own hair too...the last stylist I went to (about 20 years ago) ruined it so badly I said NEVERMORE!Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-5354456310639599202010-06-27T02:29:51.247-07:002010-06-27T02:29:51.247-07:00rofl -- I read this post always waiting for the bi...rofl -- I read this post always waiting for the big holes to appear ... pruning is dangerous ... one gets in this meditative state of mind ... schnippschnappschnippschnapp ... the world around vanishes ... schnippschnapp .... and then you wake up: surrounded by holes .... ;-)Martinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04771625000856319335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-13682958865502910882010-06-26T11:55:56.616-07:002010-06-26T11:55:56.616-07:00I'd love to go to Australia, EarthGipsy! But I...I'd love to go to Australia, EarthGipsy! But I don't know if you should trust your garden to me.<br /><br />This hedge is nothing, Jules. I have a gigantic bonsai in my front yard I've been avoiding for years that is in dire need of shaping.<br /><br />Speaking of barbers, did you know I also cut my own hair, Tim? I'm too impatient to sit in that darn chair for an hour!<br /><br />I'm not thrilled with the hollies, either, Linda, although for me it's because I wear sandals a lot and am constantly pricking myself with the leaves. It's good to know the boxwood will recover (although I don't know how much pruning they can take without dying). My cats depend on the safety of the boxwood to get away from Piglet! It's that border collie urge to chase anything that moves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508114700180229059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-34659335083788860792010-06-26T10:04:03.361-07:002010-06-26T10:04:03.361-07:00Whoever had this house before us put three hollies...Whoever had this house before us put three hollies under the living room window, in a cramped space...that have to be pruned ten times a year as they are the fastest growning bush on the planet in their mature years. We started pruning them this morning (way late, like you, but because it went from spring to 95degrees plus humidity). I'm tempted to do just what you did, except cut them to the ground as you could never actually dig these up. I hate them, but they're green all year round, and are a wonderful home for the birds all year round.<br /><br />As for yours, just prune them as short as possible without actually killing them, and they'll come back better than ever. And then put your clippers away!Wander to the Waysidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14056931538024315352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-55735172895008755292010-06-26T09:23:27.081-07:002010-06-26T09:23:27.081-07:00There are some people who should never be running ...There are some people who should never be running around with scissors in their hands..ha ha!<br /><br />My dad was a barber and one of the things I learned from him is when you're cutting hair, you take just a LITTLE bit off at at time, then step back and look at it...if it needs more, then you take a little bit more off, and so on until you get the desired look. 'Cause once it's too short, all you can do is wait for it to grow back again.Timoteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351410966396854582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-63696765441990321572010-06-26T04:03:34.662-07:002010-06-26T04:03:34.662-07:00My Mom keeps telling me not to worry "It will...My Mom keeps telling me not to worry "It will come back," so I share her wisdom with you. I dug my hedge up, I could never get that pruning, shaping thing quite right.Juleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02136045025997662057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20758542.post-91149475394799920452010-06-26T01:52:29.734-07:002010-06-26T01:52:29.734-07:00Hey MMMM...you wanna come do my garden, sounds lik...Hey MMMM...you wanna come do my garden, sounds like you know what you're doing.LivingOceaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01882671980001105126noreply@blogger.com