Comments on: Planting a Juniper http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/planting-a-juniper/ north of the adirondacks - wildflowers & perennials that survive winters colder than my wife's feet Sun, 29 Apr 2012 22:31:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Digging » How to move a big agave http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/planting-a-juniper/comment-page-1/#comment-2604 Digging » How to move a big agave Sat, 15 Aug 2009 20:23:51 +0000 http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/planting-a-juniper/#comment-2604 [...] WiseAcre Gardener outsmarts heavy boulders with a chain, so I thought I might be able to outsmart ole ‘Whale’s Tongue’ by roping it like a heifer at the rodeo. Looping a thick length of rope around the base, I hauled with all my might, trying to bully it out of its hole. Nothing doing. Several exhausting tries later, I went back to digging and levering, finally getting my handsaw under and sawing blindly at stones, clods of soil, and presumably some recalcitrant roots. Pulling again on the roped agave like a madwoman, I felt it slide. Yippee! [...] [...] WiseAcre Gardener outsmarts heavy boulders with a chain, so I thought I might be able to outsmart ole ‘Whale’s Tongue’ by roping it like a heifer at the rodeo. Looping a thick length of rope around the base, I hauled with all my might, trying to bully it out of its hole. Nothing doing. Several exhausting tries later, I went back to digging and levering, finally getting my handsaw under and sawing blindly at stones, clods of soil, and presumably some recalcitrant roots. Pulling again on the roped agave like a madwoman, I felt it slide. Yippee! [...]

]]> By: Dee/reddirtramblings http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/planting-a-juniper/comment-page-1/#comment-919 Dee/reddirtramblings Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:10:28 +0000 http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/planting-a-juniper/#comment-919 I'm still laughing at your dumb rocks. I'll have to see if the rocks here are that dumb too. Great method of stone heaving.~~Dee I’m still laughing at your dumb rocks. I’ll have to see if the rocks here are that dumb too. Great method of stone heaving.~~Dee

]]> By: Annie in Austin http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/planting-a-juniper/comment-page-1/#comment-614 Annie in Austin Tue, 13 May 2008 15:07:48 +0000 http://wiseacre-gardens.com/wordpress/planting-a-juniper/#comment-614 Hi Wiseacre, It's fun to see you boss those boulders! The rocks I find are smaller but we apparently both have the same magic steel wand ~ when my husband and I moved from IL to Austin our wonderful relocator advised us to buy one right away. Annie at the Transplantable Rose Hi Wiseacre,

It’s fun to see you boss those boulders! The rocks I find are smaller but we apparently both have the same magic steel wand ~ when my husband and I moved from IL to Austin our wonderful relocator advised us to buy one right away.

Annie at the Transplantable Rose

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