{"id":1638,"date":"2021-06-06T02:59:55","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T06:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/?p=1638"},"modified":"2021-06-06T02:59:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-06T06:59:56","slug":"so-almost-a-year-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mmolenda.com\/blog\/?p=1638","title":{"rendered":"So, almost a year ago…"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In a day that will live on in pain, I dug up the conifer bushes in the front of our house and we replaced them with 2 Azaleas and 1 Hydrangea. Here is the one year update.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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These were the baby conifer bushes. Clearly, there are three. I had no idea how they would turn out nor did I know what type of bushes they were.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I didn’t take a picture before I began and this is the best one I have. Ignore the Christmas decorations and see the size of the bushes. Tall task…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I cut off all of the branches and packed them in garbage bags…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The roots were deep and spread out. This is the root structure of just one bush…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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All the hard work is done. All three were removed and put out by the road.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is the Hydrangea. One of the Azaleas is doing well and the other got a little nipped in one of the unexpected freezes in the early spring… <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I am very happy with how it turned out. Dana is overjoyed that the conifer bushes are gone. I kinda am, too. Anyway, that is the one year update with a little background info of then and now… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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