Tangled Branches: Cultivated
happenings in and around my zone 6b gardens in northern Virginia and in central Virginia
Monday, October 23, 2006
Learning New Words
Bushhog. This is a verb the same way that Xerox is a verb. While many of us suburbanistas know a lot about Xeroxing, some of us are very ignorant when it comes to Bushhogging. I must have had a totally blank look on my face when our builder told us that his landscaper would like to do Bushhogging for us. Not knowing exactly what I was agreeing to, I said "sure", and then came home and looked it up on the Internet. So we met with the landscaper last weekend, and he is indeed going to Bushhog the front part of our lot. This is the part without trees, the place I had in mind for a vegetable garden, and I'm sure it really does need Bushhogging before I can dig it up to plant sweet corn. Apparently, it doesn't need much Bushhogging though, because he's doing it for his minimum price. So much to learn....I hope we're educatable.
Update October 23: We have been Bushhogged.
I tried to post the above last week starting on Thursday and giving up on Friday. Blogger was uncooperative. In the meantime, the Bushhogging happened.
4 Comments:
Do you read Kathy Purdy's blog on Cold Climate gardening? I think they use the same thing [14 acres] but call it a brush mower.
http://www.coldclimategardening.com/2006/06/13/mow-the-field-mind-the-blueberries/
Annie
Yes, bushhogging is a good way to clear cut a clean field. It's funny to read how you've been "bushhogged".
Annie: you know, I think I did read that post at Cold Climate Gardening but it didn't make an impact on me at the time. I'm sooooo glad that 1) we had somebody else do the mowing and 2) it was in the fall. I was already feeling conflicted about cutting it just so I could plant a garden.
Carol :-) Oh, I imagine I'll have more (funny) stories about being an inexperienced country homeowner. At least I hope they'll be funny....
Have you bushhogged before?
Yep. new word for me too. thankyou for the education!
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