A very sad day in my Neighborhood! -

[@williamkleinsLost40Lodge]

The good thing about you trimming your bushes is you can see where to wrap the chain around them in spring to pull them out. Lol

[@laurajones2032]

Gross

[@InTheWoodyard]

Exactly!

[@craigwilson9560]

Trimming bushes, chucking bushes, chucking wood. Looks nice Chris!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!

[@CliffsideStables]

That trimming experience is why landscape companies really earn their keep. Tim

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I had to cut them back just so I could shovel, next spring I will pull and replant!

[@conormegan2824]

Those Bushes looked like recruits on their first day at boot Camp ,,!!??!

[@dethmaul]

lmao

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup...sad!

[@garny3766]

Tony is watching this justa chucklin at your neighbor’s wood delivery….”that’s one of my customers” he says.😆😆

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ha .... probably!

[@foxlake6750]

I have a gas powered Stihl hedge trimmer and Kombi pruner. Those bushes are tough, you can cut them back you can cut them back to sticks and they will take two years to grow back

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, I trimmed some at home like that and they came back fine.

[@canvasman2307]

Wow. You survived the saw work on the ladder and the boss’s site review. You are blessed for sure😉. I gave my mom’s overgrown shrubs a radical trimming job they needed…once. Got fired 😂

[@InTheWoodyard]

I will be pulling and replanting.

[@loylssouthernacres9890]

I bought a Arborist saw this year. Best saw for cutting limbs.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nice! I need to get a top handle for small jobs too!

[@heymakerphd1982]

I had a big limb to trim, nothing to prop a ladder on, uneven hillside, stepladder wouldn't do, so I took loader tractor out there, bucket under the limb, couldn't climb loader arms, so set ladder against bucket, climbed up, cut off limb. Worked so good, I got my Mom to drive tractor, and I just stayed up in the bucket. Trimmed overhanging limbs around most of the farm. Don't drive into groundhog holes, don't let the driver's foot slip off the clutch while you're leaning out the side halfway thru a cut, lower the dang bucket when limbs aren't so high, and be sure to lower the bucket before she leaves. Other than that, worked like a charm! Oh yeah, be ready at all times to grab the bucket, and hang on like grim death while running downhill over rough ground until the operator finds the bucket tilt lever, on purpose, and curls the bucket back up. Blue skies!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds kinda scary!

[@justinoconnor6567]

My forestry professor used to preach, "the right tree in the right place"

[@InTheWoodyard]

They where 20 years old and need to be replaced.

[@scrhino40]

Good thing in trimming your bushes. No one can hide behind them and try to bad things to you your wife or your building. Have a great day be safe.

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA! YUP!

[@staceyweston9694]

This video left me feeling empty inside. I was so waiting to see you harvest the firewood from that arborvitae. 🤪

[@InTheWoodyard]

sorry

[@haroldanderson2781]

Man, bush maintenance and chasing beavers on a Monday. It doesn’t get much better!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA! I see what you are getting at there Harold!

[@scottf6604]

C. Watch your channel daily, your energy is fantastic. Today, you were VERY bad. Might just as well take them off at the stump. Vera is spot on.

[@InTheWoodyard]

They have to go, I will be pulling and replanting in the spring!

[@bentwedgestanleybrand5818]

Yeah those bushes do need a trimming just like my first girlfriend in the 1970s.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Icky!

[@lancestone7361]

You have better roads for your taxes. In Indiana, we have low taxes, but horrible roads, schools that struggle, unfunded police, and firefighters. On a state level, we do okay but there are a lot of local communities that suffer more than they should due to people's hate of taxes. Also not so sure your bushes will come back. You may want to start over with smaller bushes and trim 2 times a year.

[@InTheWoodyard]

I like my money in my pockets where it belongs. I have paid over $250,000 in property taxes in 20 years just on this location and got the road plowed that is it.

[@aldredske6197]

Good morning Chris!!😀😀 It seems like before you know it the bushes end up getting out of hand. Sometimes they just end up getting to big and you have to remove them and start over. Take care my friend!!😀😀 Logger Al

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup and in the spring I will probably pull and replant!

[@jeffpeters1014]

We redid our landscaping and planted bushes that don’t grow overly large. You might have to trim the rest even with the ground 😉🤣

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@verajamieson8020]

Conifers dont regrow when you cut into old brown wood,also possibly roots will grow under pavement ,chris.🇨🇮☘️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️😲😲

[@EuroYardService]

We’ll get to see a part 2 in the near future when he pulls them out because of that

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@davidedwards3734]

Bushes do look sad for a while when not trimmed for a long time. They will grow back even healthier. Your building is beautiful!! Have a Safe Day

[@EuroYardService]

Cedars typically don’t grow back from brown stems

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks!

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is okay!

[@coreyriley7160]

G’morning Chris. All bushes need trimmed ! That neighbor might need some free samples. Nice job today. Irene : GoodEvening

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ha! Yes trimming makes all bushes look better!

[@dethmaul]

lol you made tiny christmas trees! I keep a chain link fence section to lay on tree trimmings on my flatbed to secure it.

[@InTheWoodyard]

That's a great idea!

[@dethmaul]

Thanks! I hit a home run every once in a while lol

[@tassiehandyman3090]

11:45 - I read an interview with an American ED nurse just recently. She said that after the rush of COVID patients, there was a bit of a lull in presentations, so it had gone back to "you know, sports injuries, kids crashing their bikes and old men falling off ladders..." Stay safe mate; get someone to foot a ladder, or better yet, foot it for someone else to go up it...!😂💪🇦🇺

[@heymakerphd1982]

Query: what is, or what does an American ED nurse do? I may have to ask Chris or Tony. Nah, they wouldn't know! Btw, what is a 'tassie', and do you fix 'em, or install 'em?

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for the tips!

[@brucearney9536]

Good job ! I have the same problem with them growing over the sidewalk .

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I might just remove them!

[@karencary3312]

Great job on the trimming. Tell the Boss they will fill in and be even prettier. It's winter and lots of things look ugly.

[@EuroYardService]

Cedar trees do not grow back from brown stems

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, kind like me!

[@InTheWoodyard]

They did the last time I chopped them, if they die I will just replace them with some thing else, what do you recommend?

[@EuroYardService]

@@InTheWoodyard If you like the style just replace them if you can't bear the scruffy, brownish look. Junipers and Cedar trees do best in small places when you trim them twice a year, at least once a year. It's a lot of work, that's why people neglect upkeep

[@sawsurgeon]

Whew, I was finally able to follow your recommendation for the first time in what seems like forever. Got me some Saw Therapy Saturday afternoon😎 It was just my MS362... I figured I should pace myself and warm up a bit before I fire up the 395💪🏼🤣 Loved listening to the sound of you emptying your load of bowling pins at the end. That’s some premo product there🤠 Bless’ns for a Merry Christmas to You and Yours, Tedd

[@Lifeinthe906]

Merry Christmas Tedd

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Saw Surgeon and life in the 906.. Merry Christmas to both of you.. 🎄😊👍

[@sawsurgeon]

@@Lifeinthe906 :: Thanks Mike, Merry and to You and Yours!

[@sawsurgeon]

@@DanielAtkinsFirewood :: Hey Daniel, Thanks! Bless’ns for a Merry Christmas to you too!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Tedd, same to you!

[@frank4532]

Chris just cut them all as low as you can and just top soil over it and replant Thanks for sharing 👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Great idea!

[@carlengstrom8029]

Wish we could get some of your snow out in the Willamette Valley of Oregon.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Come and get all you want!

[@LeuCustomKnives]

This whole time I thought your photography building was your house! Thought it was a bit odd you live close to industrial buildings 🤣

[@rmc489]

Came here to say the same thing

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

Technically it is his 2nd home..🤔😁👍

[@InTheWoodyard]

Actually I spend way more time in the wood yard than at home!!!!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nope just a business.

[@nickcr1312]

Good Monday morning.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Morning!

[@min-dakwoodhound7314]

That is why they have Christmas Lights!

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA!

[@jasonspradlin7179]

I like your Camrys. I’ve had Hondas. But never Toyotas. Tim Rydman

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, they all make good stuff now, they have to everyone is making great products to be competitive.

[@jandblawncare8570]

Holy sh_t! I don't even know what to say about those Arborvitae bushes lol. I think your Wife would be happier if you just ripped them out. I'd be surprised if they came back at all after that. I remember training a guy/kid years ago and had him trim some Arbs at a not so nice place and told him just to take off a couple inches, came back to a Charlie Brown looking bush and even to this day the shrub looks bad and that was years ago lol

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, they needed trimming years ago. They where covering 1/2 the sidewalk and this spring I will probably pull and replace them.

[@brucema38]

Saw all those bushes on the walk around.... you, "I'm gonna trim these up real quick and then stack some wood," Me, "damn, I gotta see how he does this fast. That looks like two days worth of trimming to me," Looks like I was unfortunately right. It takes a lot of time to do detail work. Always surprises me how long it takes.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, it was a big job!

[@Alan_Hans__]

Glad that the sad part of the video was that Chris has missed out on a sale rather than an injury while Chris was trimming his bush.

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA!

[@ChrisLascari]

Ouch is right! 12k is a hurtin

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it is painful!

[@verajamieson8020]

Conifers when you cut into brown wood ,dont grow out.

[@scottf6604]

agreed

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is the plan.

[@InTheWoodyard]

me too!

[@rogercyr1551]

In the opening sequence, the wood that was delivered onto your neighbor's driveway is definitely elm, 100%...I have lots of elm on my property. It would have been interesting to jab it with a moisture meter, standing dead elm is often 20%+ humidity when newly cut and split...he'll be disappointed if he tries to burn it right away. I wish I could post a photo of what seasoned elm looks like.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, I could see it was elm, it did seem very dry to me.

[@stevepreston7030]

I had arborvitae at my old house and at my old rental houses I sold. Never again. Such a pain. No bang for the buck. After I moved from our old house in 2013, at some point, the new owners took out all the arborvitae. Don't blame him. The only bummer he took out a nice blue spruce tree about 50 or 60 feet tall in the front yard too. But, they keep up the old yard nice. They took out half my wood shed too, to put an rv.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup they are messy!

[@wileyseifert5769]

Merry Christmas all! God provides the firewood but you gotta go cut it

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is right!

[@iPhil77]

With that much trimming refuse, I’d rather use the trailer and a tarp with some wood scraps for the hauling. Working Smarter, definitely not Harder.

[@InTheWoodyard]

I hauled it about 100 yards and dumped it on my own property, smartest.

[@krazykeltic8103]

I would have used a chain saw on all of the evergreen bushes and taken them down to a quarter of what they were. They would have come back you would have to keep them trimmed after that.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Maybe so!

[@outdoorswithlarryrobin]

Chris, Good Morning, you trim bushes like me! They go from UNRULY to FUGLY! 😂 Merry Christmas to you and the Family 🚜🪵👍🏼🇺🇸

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks, you too? I am good at fugly!

[@sootie620]

Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year to you and yours Chris 🥂 from 🇨🇮

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Brian!

[@dantheman9852]

If you could it would be nice to just move the tree to a different location. Not a tree hugger lol but i dont kill for no reason. If I can help it 😆 great video!

[@InTheWoodyard]

My family owns a tree farm, I can get thousands more. And I planted a few thousand over the last few years, I can spare a few, thanks for caring for the trees though!

[@Leffe192]

Interesting. Those look a lot like "Thuja" that is used in hedges very often with houses from the 1960's in my area in Sweden. A quick Google search tells me that they are native to your area. Didn't know that. My wife would kill me if i was to trim away all the green leaves, as the saying around here is that they do not regrow from brown. I will keep an eye out for glimpses in summer, seems im hooked for another year to the channel.

[@mikebransden452]

Yep, I am afraid the green won't come back on the brown!

[@dropshot1967]

Yes, I was about to post something among the same lines. Trimming conifers back to the wooden stems creates brown spots as they wont grow back.

[@albertbuikema4451]

Thuja is Latin for cedar

[@verajamieson8020]

Thuja,Emerald orSmagradh,and yes used as tall columnar hedgeing or windbreak,here in Ireland.I took one off mine down this year as it died from phytophtera,and roots wre 2’5 metre x 1 mtr.😮😯

[@InTheWoodyard]

They might just get pulled and replanted this spring!

[@DanielAtkinsFirewood]

The tall bushes is what I get from my tree service friends a few times a year the bigger stuff anyway.. Makes awsom camp fire wood as it puts out a spicy kind of smell.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, cedar!

[@Patrick-kc5ur]

Just my opinion, but pull them all out and replace with a low growing Evergreen. Those are the wrong species of Evergreen for next to a sidewalk and building. They now look terrible. At least you didn't fall off while trimming!

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is the plan.

[@stevethiel5838]

Arborvitae looks similar to mine, will probably need removed. Something to do after Christmas. Too bad no firewood in them.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, in the spring I will probably pull and replant.

[@kennethblack3485]

agree with leffe they may not recover their green we call them llelandi here in england

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks for watching Kenneth!

[@atomicwedgie8176]

Use grappell to remove bushes spread flower mix, use lots of different varieties, something is always blooming, pretty oh so pretty next fall after all dead, spread next year's flower mix, roll dead flowers flat by going perpindicular to your building, traps moisture for next spring's germination this will build organic soil for next plantings and alleviate needing to water simple, 1/2 - 1 hour to plant and roll...DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Sounds like a good plan!

[@thefirewooddoctor]

Should've trimmed them with your hedge clippers when you bought it.

[@InTheWoodyard]

3 years ago!

[@peterbabcock4568]

Sorry to hear about your problem but you can handle it

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA!

[@turklayher4794]

I sure didn't see this video coming. Better hook up the trailer as well.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Okay!

[@pjp80s]

Please show is a video of these bushes in the spring…..

[@InTheWoodyard]

They will probably get pulled and re-planted.

[@jackpage2084]

Best way to trim conifers is to take 6 inches out the bottoms

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks fro the tip!

[@wesleymiller7591]

There are likely things that I dislike more than trimming my hedges........I just can't remember what it is!!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, not fun!

[@TimStout71]

🤣🤣🤣 Not sure those shrubs are going to come back.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, they might get pulled in the spring.

[@halliwilljon]

Little competition won't hurt ya......

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@aarons3203]

Check out the Echo 2511T Chris! It's the lightest gas powered chainsaw in North America!

[@tinysworld1749]

It's pretty damn good for what it is. Could use a different chain for lots of use in hardwood

[@InTheWoodyard]

I wiil take a lock!

[@paull9137]

12K!!!! Ouch!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it hurts a lot!

[@Lifeinthe906]

You should have left a business card on your neighbors door !! GNI

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA!

[@markatkinson9963]

Winter is not the time to trim the hedges.

[@InTheWoodyard]

They are going to be pulled and replanted in the spring.

[@happycamper2976]

you should put up signs you sell firewood for more business

[@InTheWoodyard]

So far I do not need to I sell everything the way it is now.

[@deshrek9376]

:45 "look what's in front of his garage" Me: look how flat that dadgum squirrel is!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Ha!

[@kevinmason3086]

You needed your tree trimmer to cut the tops it would probably been a little easier. I would have trimmed less off the bushes then just trimmed more off next year.

[@dethmaul]

I thought that was his son's trimmer.

[@InTheWoodyard]

YES!

[@InTheWoodyard]

They where covering 1/2 the side walk.

[@jaredhildebrandt7210]

The infamous honey do list . . . 😂

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@byronmill]

" If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy." Red Green I can't help but think of The Red Green Show when I watch your videos!

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA! Yes me too!

[@loodusefilm7881]

You should pull that tree out with your tractor! 😋 Nice video!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Maybe one day this spring I will.

[@luisgodoy9315]

I did not know that you didn't have your wood yard at home.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Nope, it is on my other businesses land in a industrial park.

[@albertbuikema4451]

Landscaper here... those are toast. Yank them and start over... or was that the plan?

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, sort of, I had to cut them back off of the sidewalk and in the spring we will replant.

[@tassiehandyman3090]

And BTW - good job, Ben. It ain't easy taking direction, but it's not made easier when you have a half-assed director... isn't that right, Chris? 😂😂😂👍🇦🇺

[@heymakerphd1982]

What the heck is a "tassie"? Couldn't find it on Bureau of Labor jobs list, maybe it's a position. Have to check my reference book, Khama Sutra. - Some wonderful people are BORN to supervise, like me! Doesn't even matter what the job is.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes, I like to keep them guessing!

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA!

[@geoff738]

When I trim my the wife’s bush I always start at the bottom this way you don’t cut the top of the bush that has fallen around the bottom…. Reading this back it’s not what it seems 🤔

[@mikehughes2026]

Haha, glad you clarified!

[@InTheWoodyard]

Okay?

[@tombryan720]

Lotta work but needed to get done

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes it did!

[@richbissonnette301]

Hack job indeed! Come spring you will be putting in new shrubs.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, but now I can shovel.

[@bentwedgestanleybrand5818]

Merry Christmas everyone

[@InTheWoodyard]

You too!

[@bentwedgestanleybrand5818]

I was thinking about getting echo's new electric chainsaw. Getting rid of my gas 32cc chainsaws. I don't use them that much.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Good idea!

[@bazfits77777]

All your conifers destroyed man , they should be pruned back in September time and not so severe, they won't come back now

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I will pull and replant in spring.

[@brianhalse4120]

A conifer should only ever be trimmed within the boundaries of its green needles, cut too far and you hit brown and there's no going back.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I will probably pull and replant in the spring.

[@larrykluckoutdoors8227]

Nice going on everything

[@InTheWoodyard]

thanks Larry!

[@gregwitkamp5583]

Take the chain saw to them, Merry Christmas

[@InTheWoodyard]

Merry Christmas to you too!

[@irushedosama]

Some things are better to just let professionals do.

[@InTheWoodyard]

They needed trimming 3-4 years ago, now I will probably just pull and start over!

[@StihlnLogs]

Chris, I keep meaning to ask. How have you found those Keen Boots?

[@InTheWoodyard]

Very nice I have had 4 pairs now (2 styles) I just wish they would last more than a couple years, but I do wear them everyday.

[@hudsonvaganis7855]

I was going comment on the video of yo doing the shackes and say those bushes are way to big I would have taken the tractor and pulled them all out

[@InTheWoodyard]

I probably will in the spring.

[@johnhatt1219]

Almost like sheering sheep

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA!

[@verajamieson8020]

Dont go back too brown wood chris,may not grow out??😲

[@InTheWoodyard]

I hope not!

[@philgriswold2133]

Think of those ugly bushes like a bad haircut. Soon it will grow out and look better than it did before. For $12k in property taxes, the city should trim your bushed for you.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup and a lot more!

[@ButchRogers-mb6mr]

Chris is a wood hound ???

[@InTheWoodyard]

yup

[@johnphillips770]

Shame on you for being on that ladder with that saw lol

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, Mr. danger

[@Opinionatedguy1989]

Now we know the name of your photography business. Here's an idea, feature the boss on your channel.

[@InTheWoodyard]

Not going to happen, she has her own stuff to do and does not do firewood other than burn it...she says it is all mine!

[@edkerkhoff522]

I have no bushes around my house and that's why lmao

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yes they are work and a mess.

[@neilmeyers5519]

That was more a buzz cut than a trim.

[@InTheWoodyard]

More of a hack!

[@bobbyblackwell9217]

After what you did to those bushes your taxes might go down some as your property value may drop. You might want to just volunteer to sleep on the couch

[@InTheWoodyard]

That is good on the taxes!

[@dropedlow33]

I WOOD HAVE A AD IN MY FRONT YARD LOL

[@InTheWoodyard]

Can't in my city.

[@firewoodathome]

👍

[@toddsoutsideagain]

👍🏻👍🏻GNI

[@InTheWoodyard]

Thanks Todd!

[@billybobswood8153]

i trimmed ours back so hard i thought i killed them!! not so lucky !haha

[@InTheWoodyard]

HA!

[@thefirewooddoctor]

Your boss needs to fire the groundskeeper. You can't do firewood AND maintain the yard AND photography. LOL

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup!

[@JohnFrytag]

$12k……??. You sure you aint in Jersey?

[@InTheWoodyard]

Not sure what you are talking about???

[@JohnFrytag]

@@InTheWoodyard You mentioned your taxes on your property. It’s alot of money even though its a very nice property. My daughter and her husband bought a house in New Jersey. It was a nice house but not $14.5k a year taxes nice. I’m enjoying your videos. Common sense and hard work. Its basic and real. We need a whole bunch more of it. Well, back at it then.

[@VWbugman]

You killed it Charlie Brown. lol

[@InTheWoodyard]

Yup, I like Chuck!