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[msmemory_archive]

My portfolio is down about 30% for the year. (Not that I was looking to sell, but it's that comfy cushion against retirement or disability).

The hot water heater has decided to leak.

I guess that my scheme to hire a landscape company to overhaul the yard before winter may need to be put on hold, unless I can scare up some more freelance jobs to finance it with. Which just makes me pretty normal in this year's economy, doesn't it?

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[msmemory.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's good to know!

What about box, juniper, and those evergreens that have the little translucent red berries (not holly)? Also forsythia or lilac?

[cvirtue.livejournal.com]

Berries: Yew. The ones I've seen are sort of hollow on the end.

I suppose they must grow much, much larger to be any use for longbows.

[jdulac.livejournal.com]

same for forsythia & lilac -- you want to prune right after blooming.

as for evergreens -- the ones w/the translucent red berries are yews. You can prune evergreens almost anytime, although the birds would probably appreciate it if you waited until spring, after they've eaten what they want :)