Lesson #5,271,009

[bobquasit]

Don't EVER handle dead rose branches without wearing heavy gloves.
Every time I've done that I've ended up with small painful lumps under my skin. They take weeks to shrink and go away. There's no obvious entry point, but they're clearly small thorns which have somehow managed to get through my skin without leaving a visible entry mark.

Goddamned roses.

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[iamtim.livejournal.com]

Once escrow closed on our house, I made it my personal mission to don military-level protective gear and summarily execute every rosebush on my property.

Rosebush roots go DEEP. Just FYI.

They've been replaced with elephant ears and plumeria and hibiscus and all sorts of easier-to-get-along-with plants.

[bobquasit.livejournal.com]

So how do you kill those bastards? I've cut them down to the ground over and over, and they're back and stronger than ever within DAYS. One particularly powerful son-of-a-bitch-of-a-rosebush is actually growing up inside our aluminum siding!

I think it's eating the house from in there. :S

[iamtim.livejournal.com]

Fully soak the ground around the bush 'till the water goes deep. Then take a shovel and start digging around the bush, until you get under the roots. Then start pushing it up and out from underneath.

It's no easy task. But there's nothing quite so sweet as the silent cry of "TIMBER!" echoing through your head as you get that final push and watch the rosebush lift up and fall over. :-)

[charibdis.livejournal.com]

Nuke them from orbit.

It's the only way to be sure.

:)

[klyfix.livejournal.com]

But if you kill the rosebush, what will George III have his son marry? :)

(I am silly.)