Here is my neighbor, Ruth, showing me where to trim my bush.  She has a thumb so green that her yard is  like a garden paradise.

She gave me advice on how to trim back/ remove my bushes.  The bush below took Ken about 9 minutes to take out on Saturday.  (I did some prep of moving rocks etc., but he did the heavy digging.)

This similar bush took me 90+ minutes to remove on Thursday....and it was the smaller of the 2 bushes!

Here is my larger bush after much trimming.  All the tiny bushes on the left side have all been removed now!!!

I produced 8 bags of brush and twigs in 10 days!  Very fulfilling work!