The viburnum tried to die this Spring. And then it tried to produce a gazillion little suckers. I thinned them to the ones that looked the most promising, planted a bunch of scarlet runner beans around them (I left the old dead tall branches for bean supports), mulched the whole lot, and left it for the summer, hoping that the beans would fix nitrogen for the struggling viburnum.
Today I cut down the dead part and then got busy with the pruning saw in other parts of the yard (dead larch in the back). Finally planted the daylilies my mom gave me, carted tons of mulch hay around, and dragged the logs from Apple Tree Avenue to use as edging for my keyhole bed. Then I was tired. Then my mom called and said "Merry Christmas! 3 yards of mulch will be delivered to your house on Monday." My mom is the best.
Inside, I shelled the dry pods of the scarlet runners. I think I'll save them until Spring, when I can inoculate them and plant them with the hazelnut seedlings for a living windbreak.