I asked him to weed the patch of our gravelled area that will become a proper dry bed. Yes, he agreed, I'll just pull up the grasses and leave the thistles to be treated with something noxious cos we can't dig them out and I'll leave the good plants to be part of the new scheme.
Good job I went out to ask about something completely different cos he's been pulling up the eryngiums that have self-sown from a nearby bed and are perfect for a dry bed.
Heathen!
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@Obelixx I have given up with my under gardener, it just goes in one ear and out the other. So many times I have asked for the roots of plants to be watered, not the leaves, even with explanations.
The main problem @floralies is that he's keen and thinks he knows stuff but is utterly impervious to realising that weeding is a discerning exercise and not a blitz. I might well resort to counting all the plastic pots we've bought with plants in and calculating the value of their contents and presenting him with a bill to see if that helps it sink in.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
Popped in to Waitrose this morning, and brought home some shopping. Very quick to get the ice cream into the freezer., and the milk and cheese into the fridge. Seven hours later, I find I’ve left the fancy chicken ready-meal sitting on the worktop in the kitchen. I’ve cooked it up well for the badgers, I’m sure it won’t do them any harm.
My wife has been working from home since the pandemic started, although that has now moved to 2 days office and 2 home per week. She was home yesterday so I decided to treat her to a nice chocolate eclair. Unpacked literally 5 minutes before she was taking her lunch break, but by the time she sat down the chocolate topping had slid off and was looking like something particularly undesirable on the side of the plate.
Before any smarty pants comments, it isn't the only time I've bought her a treat in our 42 years of marriage, I did it in 1983 as well.
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I asked him to weed the patch of our gravelled area that will become a proper dry bed. Yes, he agreed, I'll just pull up the grasses and leave the thistles to be treated with something noxious cos we can't dig them out and I'll leave the good plants to be part of the new scheme.
Good job I went out to ask about something completely different cos he's been pulling up the eryngiums that have self-sown from a nearby bed and are perfect for a dry bed.
Heathen!