I've stayed with Patti and Donna recently. They were first-rate hostesses treating me like an honored guest. It was great.
I've visited with Karen over the last two days. She worked me like a dog!!!
First she said we were going to build a raised 8' x 8' vegetable garden. Nailing some boards together sounded easy enough. The hard work was pouring in bag after bag of Miracle Gro Garden Soil. After emptying a dozen bags of it, I made the mistake of saying it felt more like mulch than soil. We read the instructions on the bag and discovered it's supposed to be mixed with native soil. We didn't have any native soil around for handy use, so we hit Lowes. It took 800 pounds of soil to fill her plot. That's right. 800 pounds. 800 pounds that had to be hoisted over her fence, toted to the garden, and dumped.
Then she said she had a few potted plants that she wanted transplanted into her yard. That sounds easy enough, but first we had to clear rocks, roots, and grass from the area.
I slaved for two days . . . but the results are pretty good. We took pictures for you.
Carmen
I've visited with Karen over the last two days. She worked me like a dog!!!
First she said we were going to build a raised 8' x 8' vegetable garden. Nailing some boards together sounded easy enough. The hard work was pouring in bag after bag of Miracle Gro Garden Soil. After emptying a dozen bags of it, I made the mistake of saying it felt more like mulch than soil. We read the instructions on the bag and discovered it's supposed to be mixed with native soil. We didn't have any native soil around for handy use, so we hit Lowes. It took 800 pounds of soil to fill her plot. That's right. 800 pounds. 800 pounds that had to be hoisted over her fence, toted to the garden, and dumped.
Then she said she had a few potted plants that she wanted transplanted into her yard. That sounds easy enough, but first we had to clear rocks, roots, and grass from the area.
I slaved for two days . . . but the results are pretty good. We took pictures for you.
Carmen
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And now for the rest of the story....
Cliff says you really have to pull in the reins when Carmen starts a project. The man knows what he's talking about!
This is her first visit to my house in Murfreesboro. She walked in the door and immediately decided we should close off a doorway in my kitchen while she is here. Translation of that is 'Let's gut your kitchen'. I politely said I'd think about that and we went to bed. The next morning I vetoed the kitchen plan and redirected her to the small vegetable garden plan. 2 days later she has relandscaped my yard. I've missed two nights of work because she wouldn't stop working long enough for anyone to get any sleep. Every muscle in my body hurts. So I want to know why she was such a proper guest with Patti and Donna and then tortured me for two days!!??
Her bags are in the car and she has to leave today or I'm going to get fired....
After reading Carmen's account, I was feeling a little miffed that she only stopped for lunch in Little Rock and didn't come to stay at my house. However, after reading Karen's version, I guess I'm more than a little relieved that we just went to Jason's and never made it to Lowe's. The landscaping does look gorgeous if that makes you feel any better, Karen.
Man, Karen, you worked Carmen like a dog! I'm glad she got to relax while she was at our house because she was definitely in for it when she got to Tennessee! :)
Everything looks good though! Y'all did a good job!
Have you kept our plants alive???
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