What a glorious mass of vegetation. But you may remember John went off a ladder pruning this tree with bad consequences to his knee, so there is that element of revenge. I've also been on a clean-up rampage in the garden, so I decided to bring in the heavy hitters. By November the ground was covered with rotting figs, and the naked tree was showing just how overgrown it was:
At least 25 feet tall! So Carlos and his helpers went to war with a chainsaw and did a top amputation. The chainsaw won:
His hard working guys made quick work of this job! I know, this is ugly too-- but at least a cleaner kind of ugliness:
30 years of pruning has shown the fig tree is impossible to kill. When it takes off in the spring, it will sprout vigorously again from the ground and these stumpy branches. I'll take pictures.But if a fig could make phone calls, it would probably be on the line to Plant Amnesty.
Their mission is "to end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs." (boo hoo)
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