EC had forecast some rain and, indeed, it was dull around 9:30 this morning will I drank my coffee and finished reading the Saturday paper. However it brightened up so I decided to trim the privet hedge and the two mock orange bushes, to prune the various euonymus shrubs around the property, the neighbour’s spirea that hangs over the fence, the behind-the-backyard plantings including dogwood, more euonymus, various “weed” trees and “miles” of wild grape. After that pruning frenzy, I just had to pull out my new chipper/shredder and create about five or six bagsful of “shreddings.” It took awhile to do this; however, I realized it would have taken just as long to stack and tie all this stuff into bundles for garbage day. Instead I have lots of mulch and compost.