After a ridiculously long absence..

I had forgotten about this blog, actually.
Fortunately, I remembered. Now the rest of the world's problems should begin to abate and Earth's human population might finally start behaving themselves (I'm looking at you, Oscar Meyer..fill those damn bologna packages up all the way like you used to..quit ripping us off)
The hedge is now well established and becoming too solid for my plug-in type hedge trimmers. I may have to upgrade to the gas burning model, though I wish I could avoid the pollution and the noise.

Recent Acquisitions..

No new privets to report as of yet, but plenty of new growth and the season's first dimensional..

oh.. and an english variety trimmed perfectly into the shape of a 1970 MGB GT! That is actually new to the hedge.

Spring!!

All the new growth!
What's great, too is this update:
Remember 'State of shock'?
Well, that lil' peep has new growth all over it..!
I also have -officially- more privets than I know what to do with, so if you'd like one see me after class!

A Man Named Pearl..

Loves Waffle House!
Loves the clippers!
Cool movie!
He takes it to his own level.
http://www.amannamedpearl.com/

STATE OF SHOCK

This transplant hasn't changed in three months..at all. Odd.
It hasn't grown, dropped leaves, added leaves, changed color or run a temperature..nuttin'.
It's a State of Shock!

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15....aw, hell

More privets than you can you can count..only not in a good way.
That's right - too many.
I had to record my first D.U.P.E. (decidedly unpleasant privet experience).
That whole 'invasive' business? Yeah, I see what they mean there.
I was out at my parents, helping out with some yard work and such...weeding the garden and I see a whole sea of teeny tiny privet sprouts under the big huge hedge they have. Now, I like to see some volunteer privets, but this was too much.
I couldn't help myself, I had to snag 6 or 8 of 'em, but the rest...(gulp) I had to just take 'em out like so much chickweed and it sucked.
It's not like they're rare..I mean there were hundreds! Still, I hated to throw 'em out...but I had no choice..it would have been like naming frog eggs.
It's all good. Perhaps I could set up a gig arranging potted privets as temporary mazes for high school football fundraisers or whatever.
I could maybe find some use for that many...or I could try to lead a normal life.

To quote Severus Snape:

How ...DISAPPOINTING.

You know, sometimes what one wants to be true clouds one's perception of what is really is true..what I mean is that this item is a non-item..a joke box into which a real gift is placed. Damn. I knew it wasn't a real bacon tuxedo, of course..but I thought it was a costume of some kind...I just saw the imagery without really looking into it.. In my excitement to holler to the world about mankind's progress I failed to thoroughly read the description! WELL, let's make lemonade..I may just have to channel this grief into an even more convincing Snape this Halloween...thanks for the scowl, Archie McPhee & Co.

Halloween is creeping up on us..

Don't get caught out..begin your preparations now by purchasing this smart bacon tuxedo!
http://www.mcphee.com/shop/products/Bacon-Tuxedo-Joke-Gift-Box.html

look carefully..bonus bacon scent included. I wish all decisions were this easy.

A blog about privets?

'Is there that much to write about?'
Maybe, maybe not.

Well, apparently some people haven't seen the sneezing panda, which always cracks me up...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk

More topiary..

I hope there were no hard feelings..nor too much time dedicated to negativity..

It's a laugh, but as for myself I would have used the plant to make a hedge..and never bought that ticky-tack wooden play fence in the first place. People is strange critters.

If you have the time..

why not prune shrubs into the shapes of race car and pit crew? This bit of zaniness exists at the headquarters of Williams F1, a Formula One racing team based in Oxfordshire England.

Transplants - I've never bought a privet (and couldn't if I wanted to)

This decent size plant was dug up in a neighbor's yard...I don't really need any more plants to fill in the front hedge, so now I'm just farming them to satisfy my own craziness. Maybe I'll give 'em to friends or whatever...although I would like to have a supply on hand for when we move to a new house..



This lil' bitty is a transplant from my parent's house.. it was just a teeny sprig, probably from a bird poo or something. I rescued it from the mower back in April or May..I think. It's been trimmed a time or two, just to beef it up some and encourage side growth.
They're everywhere...here's a couple of dinky ones I found under some forsythia bushes.. it's so crazy that these tiny tots could one day be almost 20 feet tall and substantial enough to reduce the serverity of an auto accident .. if they happened to be growing between a tree and an out of control auto.

The thing is..

These plants are so common..in fact, they're on many a hit list as being invasive. Hm..I could see that..
It's interesting how the ubiquitous privet can be shaped into mansion-ringing quality..yet also provides privacy for the out-house.

Somebody in the U.K.

Now and then

The ones out front (top to bottom): Sept, July, April or May (?)
I keep them within certain dimensions, in case you're looking for a height difference.
I like how you can't tell which picture was taken with a camera phone..technology is amazing!

First Post - Wilkommen bei Privet Land!

This blog is about privet hedge..ligustrum ovalifolium, or ligustrum sinense or ligustrum you-name-it-um. Why? It's just a cool plant.