My mom was the gardener in the family. She seemed to enjoy sitting in the hot son and digging in the dirt, planting stuff, making sure it all stayed watered in the hot months and didn't die in the winter.
I do not have a green thumb at all. I've killed every house plant I've ever had to the point I refuse to have them in the house any more. It's just one more thing I have to take care of.
When my mom died our yard went to hell. Neither me or my dad felt any inclination to do yard work. We kept the grass cut and that was about it. Our next door neighbor, who is OCD when it comes to her yard (well she's OCD about just about everything), took it upon herself to start doing our yard work.
She redid all the garden areas and started cutting our front yard weekly while she did hers. We never asked her to do it. She did all our yard work in the front for 8 years until she moved away. And then did it a couple times a month during the year and a half it took to sell their house.
She's a good friend--my kids even call her "Nana". My dad always used the snow blower on her sidewalk in the winter as a trade off (they didn't have one). I guess I got spoiled. After their house sold I had to take over all the work myself. Blah. Our yard looked like crap after that, lol. I just didn't care if there were weeds or bare spots or that the plants were overgrown. Especially the last summer we lived there when I was 7-8-9 months pregnant and it was a million degrees outside. Screw that crap.
I do not have a green thumb at all. I've killed every house plant I've ever had to the point I refuse to have them in the house any more. It's just one more thing I have to take care of.
When my mom died our yard went to hell. Neither me or my dad felt any inclination to do yard work. We kept the grass cut and that was about it. Our next door neighbor, who is OCD when it comes to her yard (well she's OCD about just about everything), took it upon herself to start doing our yard work.
She redid all the garden areas and started cutting our front yard weekly while she did hers. We never asked her to do it. She did all our yard work in the front for 8 years until she moved away. And then did it a couple times a month during the year and a half it took to sell their house.
She's a good friend--my kids even call her "Nana". My dad always used the snow blower on her sidewalk in the winter as a trade off (they didn't have one). I guess I got spoiled. After their house sold I had to take over all the work myself. Blah. Our yard looked like crap after that, lol. I just didn't care if there were weeds or bare spots or that the plants were overgrown. Especially the last summer we lived there when I was 7-8-9 months pregnant and it was a million degrees outside. Screw that crap.
Reply
Leave a comment