Re: I hired a gardener
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  • Subject: Re: I hired a gardener
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2010 16:19:50 -0500
amen Cyndi, everyone needs a little help sometimes....

On 8/6/10, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Sometimes, you just need some help. With my rotator cuff surgeries two
> years in a row, I had to give up the nagging feelings. My helper took
> two tons of pruning and vines to the landfill. Then, I was happy just to
> keep it up but definitely needed to get a handle on it. No guilt. As I
> get older, I can't do as much as I could so take short cuts. Yesterday,
> a neighbor boy who loves autos, detailed my car. Gave him some money and
> I instantly had a clean car that I had no time to do. Here's wishing no
> guilt for you. Enjoy.
>
>
> B
> ETN Zone 7
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI Johnson" <
> cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Sent: Friday, August 6, 2010 11:32:51 AM
> Subject: [CHAT] I hired a gardener
>
> I finally made a move towards getting my front garden back into shape.
> The gardener came over a couple nights ago to give us a quote on doing
> the front yard. I was expecting a basic "mow and blow" operation with
> maybe trimming the shrubs around the house, so I showed him that. Then
> he asks me if I really wanted all the little weed trees in the planted
> area...why, no, of course not, I just haven't gotten around to digging
> them out. I was surprised - the people I know who have lawn service get
> just that, lawn service. They don't weed or do anything that requires
> decisions. So we had a conversation about weeds, he told me it would
> take a while but they could dig out all the grass and even hand-weed (!)
> where necessary, he seems to know which are plants and which are weeds.
> His English is a little broken and my Spanish is practically
> non-existent but I'm pretty sure we understood each other. So I hired
> him. It's cheaper than I expected too, they started yesterday and it
> already looks better. This guy does the lawn at a rental house we own
> and has been reliable there so I have hopes it will work out.
> In the "You Just Can't Please Some People" department, I should be
> ecstatic, and I am mostly, but I still have this nagging feeling like
> this was my responsibility and I'm failing at it. No doubt it will pass
> as the area gets whipped into shape and I get to do fun stuff like
> planting again.
> I'll be picking peppers and tomatoes this weekend, I'll make roasted
> tomato sauce instead of boiling it down since it's faster, but maybe
> I'll pull out the canner and put up some marinated peppers.
>
> Cyndi
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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