Day 172
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Or in this case, I also need to say … Gracias. Gracias. Gracias!
My new lawn crew arrived this morning at 9am … all 5 of them, armed with the necessary lawn implements to mow, edge, sweep, vacuum, dig, chop, prune, trim … and the like.
It was amazing!
I’ve never had a “real” lawn service before. For the past 33 years I’ve done it myself … with the occasional help from Tim, Ted or Sam. And since my arrival here … I have had my little neighbor do the honors.
However, wow … what a difference PROFESSIONALS make!
5 guys … and I’m not talking about the hamburger place … weeded and hoed and mowed and edged and scraped and trimmed and air puffed and cleaned up and then as if magically … poof … they got into their truck and disappeared leaving behind … PARADISE!
Seriously. If not paradise … it’s close to it as my yard and patio and sidewalks look FANTASTIC!
As Billy Crystal would say, “They look MARVELOUS!”
I never thought I could get so worked up about a lawn service, but this was so great … not only because my lawn, though still mostly weeds, looks green and tidy and cared for and trimmed and my sidewalks now don’t have big clumps of weeds and grass growing over them … but I didn’t have to DO IT MYSELF!
These guys were here for an hour … 5 guys times an hour’s time. You do the math! I’d be out there until October trying to do what they all did in that one hour … and it still wouldn’t have looked as good because I don’t have the right tools. And am NOT about to go out and get them.
I would be crippled … or maimed … or in the emergency room in no time!
So, knowing that my lawn is going to look wonderful … and knowing that the weed care service starts later this week to get my lawn back to a state of being “rich, thick, green, strong and weed-free” … I can concentrate on the landscaping portion of my yard profile.
Yay!
And so, I will go to that nice garden center I found and take my diagram (also known as a rough, crude drawing) with the dimensions of my yard and what I’d like to do … and start picking out planting materials.
And then I’ll go to Kmart and get the other stuff I need at a more affordable price!
The trellis materials will be picked out this week (Menard’s … which are not in CO) … and their installation will be within the week. Then I can start planting the rest of the yard.
Finally!
Picture this … from a weed-dominated lawn with a few hostas to sculpted garden areas lush with hydrangea, Russian sage, scarlet monarda, day lilies, foxgloves, lavender and daisies. Fragrant climbing apricot and pink blush roses tumble over the black chain link fence. Pachysandra and sweet woodruff cover the ground (along with mulch to keep in the moisture and ward off the weeds … and to keep the mud from dog toes!) … and also sweet violets. In the shady areas there will be lily of the valley for next spring and come fall I’ll tuck in 100 tulip bulbs, so I can have something pretty to look forward to all winter, when spring finally arrives.
The trellis-work will be planted with honeysuckle and trumpet vine and somewhere I’ll plant a pink flowering cherry tree … so that the fragrance of the blossoms can infuse the house come spring.
It’s starting … the evolution of the Rose Cottage!