{"id":32508,"date":"2013-09-30T15:24:20","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T19:24:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=32508"},"modified":"2013-09-30T15:24:20","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T19:24:20","slug":"the-giant-bird-of-paradise-and-undergoing-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/the-giant-bird-of-paradise-and-undergoing-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"The giant bird of paradise and undergoing transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a giant bird of paradise right outside the bedroom. It’s become huge the last 20 years. It was planted to give me privacy but now it’s just blocking the view. \u00a0It would be a big job to dig it out <\/a>of the ground. \u00a0This morning I took my pruning shears and cut away as much of the growth above ground as I could, and I’ll need a saw for the rest. \u00a0The root ball is likely 24″ deep and maybe 60″ around. I may try to break up the crown to transplant into different areas, but at this point I want to do what’s easiest. \u00a0I immediately opened up the view from the bedroom and main suite patio into the east garden. \u00a0Before, all we could see was the bird of paradise plant. Now we can watch the squirrels frisk around in the east garden as we sit on the patio outside drinking morning tea.<\/p>\n

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