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 19:02:57 -0500
Being able to be amused at your own folly is the sign of a very healthy
human being.  Good for you!   I crack myself daily.

On 8/6/10, Johnson, Cyndi D Civ USAF AFMC 95 CS/SCOSI <
cyndi.johnson@edwards.af.mil> wrote:
>
> Yeah, but I need the help because I'm too busy having fun other places!
> I'll give up my bit of guilt though, it is silly. Good thing I can laugh
> at myself.
>
> Cyndi
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of Pam Evans
> Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 2:20 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] I hired a gardener
>
> 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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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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