hmmm ...photo did the emporer’s new clothes thing

FWIW - I don't prune junipers that hard after Independence Day, so you went farther than I might have. They need a fair amount of foliage to provide the food/energy they need to over-winter and wake up in the spring raring to go.

Also, I wouldn't do it now, but when it starts pushing hard in May, you might want to clean out all growth in all crotches wherever you have a bifurcation. I'd also be thinking about changing the planting angle. In situ junipers never (well, ALMOST never) leave the ground at a vertical attitude.

You did a remarkable job, considering your tool choice. ;-)

Al

that was my 'Easter egg' ...

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Al

Al, what I suspect Bragu meant was that the knife was an unintended "blooper"/oops left in the photo. In video games and some movies, the creators sometimes leave messages or images which a person might stumble across or notice. Such things became known as "Easter eggs" in reference to being a hidden surprise. Over time, the term has expanded to include errors or inconsistencies in movies or photos. (For example, in a movie one sees a hero get cut or bruised on his/her right cheek. Then in the next scene, the injury has either disappeared only to reappear later or shows up on the hero's left cheek.)

Lol - I didn't really think he had done the pruning with a Hori-Hori knife. So a hidden surprise ……… got it - good to know.

Nothing says "SURPRISE" like a fart with a lump in it.

Al

depends