Garden Attack

Two weeks ago, I freed the plum tree in the garden, as well as the shed from a lot of crawling vines. Some of them were over 4cm thick, and a few clinged so firmly around some thin steel bars that it was impossible to separate them. I left them, out on a wheelbarrow to dry. We finally erased them for good by burning them. The Photo show Maya guarding the fuel on the wheelbarrow.



The concern was of course that due to the dry weather it was a bit scary to have a fire near the house, or on the dry field.

Because of this we checked wind direction to ensure no danger for the roof. My mother started hacking away on the weeds that have taken over the field in front of the house.



Before lighting up we also drenched the field with water, and kept the hose handy just in case.



Dry wood stored on the north side of the house provided fuel for the fire. Within seconds it was lit up and burning nice and hot.



Finally the entire heap was burned, and left only a few ashes.