My camellia bushes had taken over. So starting from the ground up I cut off branches until two trash barrels were completely full. The rest will have to wait until after trash pickup.
Apparently, tea can be made from any variety of camellia. I think these are Japonica, which is said to make a robust black tea, but I haven't tried it yet.
I have light pink, deep pink, and red flowers, and would like to get some Large Leafed Camellia Sinensis for their fragrant white blossoms as well as for leaves to make tea. I am not much of a tea drinker myself, but I feed it to my kombucha.
This project allowed me to try out some of the gardening tools I have been acquiring. The folding bench is not only handy for keeping my bearclaw saw and ratcheting pruners out of the dirt, but it is invaluable for helping me safely up from my rocker work seat aka Wobble Stool. I read reviews from people who said their wobble stools tipped over and they fell off. That does not sound like fun! My trick is putting the bench behind the stool and with both hands on the handles for support I can easily move up and down from the higher bench to the lower (and wobblier) seat.
This house came with some furniture that did not appeal to me, including very heavy chairs. I replaced almost all of them with wobble stools. That gave me the idea to try something similar in the garden. To my surprise they did have just such a thing, so I bought one right away and am very glad I did.
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