Euonymus Europaeus -1

[HorseloverFat]

So today, with NO shovel, I “yanked” TWO specimens from a badly corroding bluff/cliff/crag...

Upon contacting the property manager... he said “were they about to fall to the beach below?” ..to which I replied, “In the next week for SURE.”

He assured me this was no problem and didn’t even take my information.

.... I tried.

 

[Forsoothe!]

I can't believe you did away with the natural deadwood in favor of a 'Tater. It will take you a million years to hide the stump when you had The Best of All Possible Collected Natural Bonus Point Winners in the bag. Boo Hiss. You get a U for the day.

 

[HorseloverFat]

All that natural deadwood crumbled away like termite food once ACTUALLY “pressure tested”

Keeping it was DEFINITELY part of my plan/reason for collecting.. it appeared to “hold” BEFORE i collected it..

I am ALSO super disappointed.

 

[Eckhoffw]

I like the stump.
what was the other one you yanked?

 

[Forsoothe!]

All that natural deadwood crumbled away like termite food once ACTUALLY “pressure tested”

Keeping it was DEFINITELY part of my plan/reason for collecting.. it appeared to “hold” BEFORE i collected it..

I am ALSO super disappointed.

All the easier to carve...

 

[HorseloverFat]

All the easier to carve...

I will remember this! Thank you!

 

[HorseloverFat]

I like the stump.
what was the other one you yanked?

This guy.

Get out of the water! You’re getting all Prunus!

Soooo.. In past conversations i’ve had with @Leo in N E Illinois and others about my local cherry trees, I’ve basically decided against it. I always though, in the back of my mind, that if I stumbled across a decent, easily accessible specimen, I would “give it a shot”. Today, upon...

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