tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827857515189667911.post5735357662157778931..comments2023-08-21T15:49:17.685-07:00Comments on In Lee's Garden Now: PRUNING, I CAN'T RESISTLee Reichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01706667868301897739noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827857515189667911.post-18207205717690351332012-11-29T12:03:39.998-08:002012-11-29T12:03:39.998-08:00Sometimes you've just got to do it when you ha...Sometimes you've just got to do it when you have the time. Now you can use the most colorful stems for your windowboxes. Win, win. Layaneehttp://ledgeandgardens.typepad.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827857515189667911.post-26248045985545580762012-11-29T10:45:47.106-08:002012-11-29T10:45:47.106-08:00The recent warm weather makes me want to get outsi...The recent warm weather makes me want to get outside, too. In Madison, WI it will be close to 60 degrees F on Sunday. After cleaning up the yard and covering my strawberries and roses, I'll be pruning my currants!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03276995787173932700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827857515189667911.post-91317802014429145792012-11-29T07:18:18.451-08:002012-11-29T07:18:18.451-08:00Boxelders are pretty much weed trees. They grow fa...Boxelders are pretty much weed trees. They grow fast, have weak wood, and no fall color. I'd cut them down. I have made maple syrup from them and it tasted okay. Boxelders are in the same genus, Acer, as sugar maples.Lee Reichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01706667868301897739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3827857515189667911.post-57299739071552309462012-11-29T07:07:00.525-08:002012-11-29T07:07:00.525-08:00You mentioned boxelders there. Have you found any...You mentioned boxelders there. Have you found any beneficial uses for that tree? The yard of the home I just bought is absolutely full of boxelder trees, seedlings, old stumps, etc. It's everywhere trying to repair the soil I guess (The soil is super gravelly. <br /><br />As I systematically start getting rid of them, is there anything that should motivate me to hang on to a few? Jake Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05375846659445910184noreply@blogger.com