Tricky taproot saga
Sunday, 3 May 2026
This woody shrub has been a problem for nearly a decade. I did a temporarily expedient thing several times, chopping off the branches. This left the roots to persist and flourish. More and more each time, each year.
Today, I took the mattock and set about Final Removal. I worked around the sides, made a root-removal donut. It took a while. Then, I worried about a tap root; they can be the largest. But. But, I discovered that there was no taproot, and voila, the whole thing came up. Whew. You’re looking at the bottom—see, it’s flat—no taproot. Lucky me.
Later this week: cleanup and planting!