1.   Gunships made their chattering runs beside us, and door gunners killed bushes.

2.   But a hard freeze can still come early and kill bushes, and a drought can dry them up when growers do not have irrigation systems.

3.   How far back can I cut to maximize new, thicker growth yet not worry about killing the bushes?

4.   We have an oversupply because a hard freeze killed our bushes several years ago.