"Gardening requires lots of water -
most of it in the form of perspiration."
~Lou Erickson~
Okay. Guilty! We did it. We caved and hired a crew to come & get our yard into shape. It took exactly 8 days for us to admit that we were way in over our heads with all the overgrown plants, shrubs, trees & flowers and that they would quickly strangle us like stinkweed if we didn't bring in the pros. As I type, I can hear the whizzz and whirrrr of mowers, trimmers, weed-whackers and pure manpower drifting up from the yard. They've been at it for 5 hours now and are about half-way to "that will do." I have no doubt it will take months to get our yard into a place we can truly enjoy and years to get it to the yard and gardens of our dreams. So, this is me admitting defeat - although feeling quite proud of myself for knowing when it was for me to wave the white flag. In the end, I think we'll be much happier with the yard if we get to know it in small steps, over time. There's a good chance I would be taking the first bus back to the city if it was me out there right now tangled up in poison ivy.
I will share little Josie putting her green thumb to work in the planters on the porch with some of the flowers leftover from her visit to Chicago.
And I must say here that my parents get huge gold stars for their two days of trying to whip our yard into shape. You know it was a big project if even the two of them could only put a dent in it! (Thanks for all your help mom & dad!)
2 comments:
Awww - I like the idea that Josie has planted a little piece of Chicago in Ohio :)
Carri, don't be hard on yourself, you have alot going on right now, and it will be better and easier to get control if you can start without be overwhelmed. I love the picture of Josie and grandma planting the flowers. Send more pics soon of the house, I am dying to see them. Laurie
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