We had four poplar trees that we wanted to get rid of. Now being from Hawaii, we don’t see nor know how to get rid of them. We hate the trees because they shed so much leaves in the fall that it drives us and the neighbors crazy. So, we had a brilliant idea. Why not chop it down, like hubby did to the cherry tree? Great right? WRONG. Hubby and Son #3 spent 2 days bringing down the four humongous trees only to have a zillion little “suckers” pop up all over my yard. So instead of picking up the gazillion leaves that fall, hubby now has to mow the suckers every week to control them. I asked a guy that I work with how to control the growth, he kinda snickered and said, just keep mowing them, they’ll eventually die. I asked him how long it’ll take, he said “oooh, a few years, at least.”

Bad news: They’ll die in a few years as long as hubby keeps mowing the suckers. My yard is now half full with poplar suckers sprouting all over the place.

Good news: Hubby does the yard.