Sam's Blog

One thing's for certain...

...I'll never be accused of having a green thumb. In fact, if it wasn't for the fact that Mitchell gets so much enjoyment from mowng the lawns with me, Lisa would have a hard time getting me to do anything...

So...we had this bare patch between our driveway and the neighbor's for about a month. The neighbor paid someone to come out and remove the hideous plants that once grew in that area. So...I offered to take care of cleaning up the area with nice plants or bushes and decorative bark. I have been putting it off for a month - hoping that nobody would notice the 10'X20' dirt patch... Anyway, the neighbor across the street was doing some yard and garden work and removed 3 bushes (don't ask me the name) so I took them.

The kids and I went out last night to plant the bushes. I put the first one in at the top of the rectangular dirt patch. It was about 2 feet off center...but oh, well. I put the second one at the bottom of the patch. It was somewhat centered... I carefully measured to center the third bush between the other two and began digging. I placed the bush in the hole, filled in the dirt, and stood back to admire my work... It was about a foot off center between the driveways...and about 2 feet off center between the other two bushes....

Oh, well...hopefully, they'll grow out and nobody will notice...or the neighbor will see what I've done and get someone out to fix it and charge us for it.....

I'd post pics but I'm having problems getting them into my blog posts again.... I'll post some soon and some pics from Lisa's birthday...

posted by Sam @ 2:07 PM