Re: home : )/Amtrak/price to mow yard??

you had grass in florida??? With all the plants on the plantation, didn't think there was any room left for that.
   
  Donna

james singer <islandjim1@comcast.net> wrote:
  We paid $60 per month in Florida--that was for weekly mowing/weed- 
eating in summer and monthly in winter. In winter, he often show up 
and trim palms and such at no extra charge. Just got bored, I guess.


On Jul 10, 2008, at 8:47 PM, Patricia wrote:

> Betsy,
> wow... that is some story. I keep forgetting that it is going to 
> get cold in Springfield before we get back home.
> I think I have hired a neighborhood boy, 15 years old, to mow, edge, 
> water and feed the cat while I am gone. Does anyone have any idea 
> what I should pay him? I am thinking hourly wages and more if he 
> uses his own mower and equipment. Does anyone pay to have their 
> yard mowed? I have 2 acres but tonight I timed my self on my zero 
> turn mower. It took me less than 2 hours to get it all mowed then I 
> went around to spray some round up and hauled off some branches that 
> I cut off this morning to the garbage cans. I was back in the house 
> in 2 1/2 hours and I did have one friend stop by for a garden tour 
> in the middle of my mowing.
> He is a good kid, but he wants me to come up with what to pay him. 
> I want to be fair...
> Tricia
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Betsy Kelson" > >
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 5:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] home : )/Amtrak
>
>
>> Hi Tricia,
>> I remember this room being a little cramped. It would not 
>> sleep more
>> than two. The seats faced each other with window on one side and 
>> wall/door
>> on the other. But you could lay down and not just recline like in a 
>> coach
>> seat.
>> We did our return trip in January during an Alberta Clipper.
>> Almost every switch from Salt Lake to Chicago had to be beaten open 
>> or
>> thawed due to the extreme cold. Also, in the Rockies, there were 66
>> avalanches that evening. One blocked the rail line and a freight 
>> train had
>> to slam thru the snow from the east to west direction to clear the 
>> rail for
>> the Amtrak to pass. We were sleeping thru all of this in our room. 
>> The
>> steward said that the freight train almost hit the Amtrak and as 
>> our train
>> went thru the gap, the snow was pressing on the train sides. Good 
>> thing we
>> were asleep. We finally got to Chicago about 16 hours late. Such an
>> adventure.
>>
>> betsy
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Patricia" 

>> To: 
>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:26 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] home : )/Amtrak
>>
>>
>>> Thank you, Betsy! Was the room good or worth the big difference 
>>> in price?
>>> I want to try it... it sounds like a great way to see some of the 
>>> country.
>>> Tricia
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Betsy Kelson" 
>>> To: 
>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:35 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] home : )/Amtrak
>>>
>>>
>>> > Tricia,
>>> > I took Amtrak from Chicago to OAkland CA about 15 years ago 
>>> now. > Rode
>>> > coach on the way out with a stop over in Denver. It was great 
>>> fun and
>> had
>>> > wonder talks with folks sitting nextto me. The return trip was 
>>> in a
>> "room"
>>> > .
>>> >
>>> > betsy
>>> > ----- Original Message -----
>>> > From: "Patricia Dickson" 

>>> > To: 
>>> > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 12:46 AM
>>> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] home : )/Amtrak
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >> We just drove in....11:45 Pm... 2 days of driving. Long long 
>>> way to
>>> > drive.
>>> >> I may check on the train for my next drive up. Has anyone ever 
>>> taken
>>> > Amtrak?
>>> >> Tricia
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> ----- Original Message ----
>>> >> From: cathy carpenter
>>> >> 
>>> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>> >> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008
>>> >> 8:17:27 AM
>>> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] home : )
>>> >>
>>> >> Not really, but they have an active
>>> >> group. The office is on the state
>>> >> fair grounds, I think. Springfield also
>>> >> has a large garden club, and
>>> >> is home to the Prairie State Orchid Society.
>>> >> cathy carpenter
>>> >> west central IL, z5b
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On Jun 24, 2008, at 9:45 AM, Patricia
>>> >> Dickson wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> > I just sent a note to the master gardener program here in
>>> >> > Springfield. I
>>> >> > thought maybe I could attend some meetings or help out
>>> >> with a
>>> >> > project. Do you
>>> >> > know any MG's from here?
>>> >> > thank you, Tricia
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > ----- Original Message ----
>>> >> > From: cathy carpenter 
>>> >> >
>>> >> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>> >> > Sent:
>>> >> > Tuesday, June 24, 2008 6:56:46 AM
>>> >> > Subject:
>>> >> Re: [CHAT] home : )
>>> >> >
>>> >> > I'll be home
>>> >> > most of the time this fall - am sure we
>>> >> can work out a
>>> >> > date. Springfield is
>>> >> > a little less than 2 hours directly
>>> >> east and a
>>> >> > little south of Quincy.
>>> >> > cathy
>>> >> > carpenter
>>> >> > west central IL,
>>> >> z5b
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > On Jun 23, 2008, at 8:23 PM, Patricia
>>> >> > Dickson wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> I will
>>> >> be here in Springfield for the next 2 nights then
>>> >> > back home
>>> >> >> to Ok. I
>>> >> >>
>>> >> will do my PT therapy for my rotator cuff, 6 weeks,
>>> >> > then come back
>>> >> >> to
>>> >> stay
>>> >> >> until Dec or Jan. I hope to come visit while I
>>> >> > am here for the
>>> >> >>
>>> >> fall. Will
>>> >> >> you be home this fall? How far is
>>> >> > Springfield from you?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> Thank you for the
>>> >> >> information.
>>> >> >> Tricia
>>> >> >
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