the 2012 trivial drivel thread

[Duchess]

Aw. I wanted to put them around the perimeter of the front yard. I have a HUGE pile of cuttings. I will concentrate on the smaller ones...

That sounds like a good project. You should do as many as you can, it sounds like you have a great deal to work with, you could have as many as you wanted.


Cut the branch into 6-inch-long pieces. Each piece should have at least two leaf nodes, which are the raised areas on the branch where leaves develop. Make cuts at the top of the branch straight across and those toward the roots at 45-degree angles, just beneath a leaf node.