There's a place near here, on my route to the grocery store, where a bunch of blackberry bushes are right next to the sidewalk. And as blackberries will, they've been trying to take it over. The cyclone fence represents no barrier to them.

About four years ago it got so bad that you had to walk on the street to get past that point. And no one seemed to be doing anything about it. I got fed up and bought a hedge shear and spent a couple of hours one afternoon chopping them back.

Since then I've gotten in the habit of going over there every couple of months and doing it again. Today was that day.

Before:

After:

I shove all the stuff I cut off into the gutter, because there isn't anywhere else to put it. It rots down pretty fast,  and eventually the street cleaner gets it.

I noticed a few days ago that the creek going past my part of the yard was quite a lot higher than usual. So after I got done with the blackberries, I went over to the park to see what was going on.

The beavers have built an entirely new dam, in a new location.

Unfortunately, their days are probably already numbered. I ran into Alex, the complex handyman, and he told me he'd already complained to the county about it.

Bummer.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Daily Life at 01:38 PM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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