But why would they beat around the bush?

beat around/about the bush, to Indirection in word or deed; to shilly-shally, to approach something in a roundabout way. This expression for overcautiousness dates from the early sixteenth century, when Robert Whytynton (Vulgaria) warned, “a longe betynge aboute the busshe and losse of time.”. You can easily cut the circular opening to fit under larger based bushes with scissors or have that made specifically to size you like when you place your order. The traditional 6 inch opening works great, but you may want to go 8 inch on some larger landscaping.

They easily slide under the bushes /5(12). To ‘ beat around the bush ‘ is to avoid the main point in a conversation. In other words, it means failing to get to the bottom line when speaking to others; it is similar to the idiom cut to the chase.

Note: It’s common for this phrase to have ‘stop’ in front of it, like in the example treegrinding.barted Reading Time: 3 mins.

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Pruning bushes around the home can help them look shapely and nice before visitors come for Thanksgiving or those holiday lights go on. Pruning can also help you better prepare your landscape for the coming winter.

Certain foundation plants such as Arborvitae or Hollies can grow rapidly in the summer and then be unwieldy come fall. Jun 03, Cut off a hardwood cutting that is 12 to 48 ( cm.) inches long. Trim the end of the cutting to be planted just below where a leafbud grows on the branch. Cut off the top of the branch so that there are at least two additional leafbuds above the bottom leafbud. Also, make sure that the area left is at least 6 inches (15 cm.) long.