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  • From: "Rich Pomerantz" <rich@richpomerantz.com>
  • To: "gardenwriters-on-gardening" <gwl-g@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [gwl-g] moving miscanthus
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 12:46:47 -0400

A few days ago I spent a good couple of hours trenching around a mature Miscanthis sinensus zebrinus in order to divide and move it. After ruining a perfectly good shovel I now have alot of dirt piled up around the blasted thing, which is leaning a bit, but I cannot leverage it out. It bent my shovel beyond repair. I even tied a rope to it & tried to pull it out with the car but it slipped right off. (ok, you can stop laughing now...)
 
Other than getting a small backhoe, are there any techniques or tips someone can offer on how to get this monster out? I already have to go to the hardware store for a new shovel, so if there is a reasonable purchase involved, I'm open to it.
 
Thanks!
 



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