Grapes

Today I helped Sandy with her project of cutting out grape vines. Wild grapes are a serious problem at Greene View Springs. They cover and weigh down trees and shrubs and their seeds are spread by wildlife that eats the grapes.

We cut them off at the ground and then pull them out of the trees. Sometimes the roots are too large to cut with either pruners or lopping shears. Here's a picture of a the base of a huge vine plant that is covering three or four large trees.



The thickest of these is thicker than my forearm. Look carefully at the vine on the left and you can see it has been sawed in two.

Within a day or so we will see the vines browning out in the tops of all these trees.