The new house is like an archaeological dig of bad taste. Since the weather has been so nice I decided to start planting. I think with the El Nino this year we will not get much more cold this year. I've been wearing shorts and tank tops all winter save maybe 2 or 3 days.
My interior is a wreck and I don't have any furniture which in any way goes with the house, but I figure I can worry about that over the summer when I can't be outside as much. Plus plants take their time to grow and I love a lush yard. My fingers are cracked and bleeding but my yard looks as nice as the others on the block now. I had to tell the rip off stump grinder people to get out of my yard when after coming out and seeing what I had and giving me an estimate they set up a week later and tried to extort me for more money. I told them to go fuck themselves and get lost. It isn't like they didn't come out and SEE the situation before giving the estimate. So I'm trying to decide how confident I feel about running a stump grinder myself. The gadget looks scary, like a Langolier for trees. Then again, I'm getting sick of running off incompetent or dishonest service people.
I planted jasmine, a queen of sheba, some boxwoods and lantana and a other plants around the pool and did a general cleanup of the area. It looks way better. I also had to clean out an above ground pond which was very gross.
While doing all of this, I unearthed tons of gross yard kitch. I found a fountain, a statue with fountain, a fountain bowl and some broken cat or rabbit pottery and outdoor yard decor of the "Big Lot's" looking variety. Pretty much every hole I dug to plant something and I was digging up something tacky and hideous. I also have a fountain in my front yard which has to go. It weighs about 1000 lbs each part because it is way overstated and huge so I can't just move it and it is apparently worth a fair amount of money so I don't want to smash it. I don't know what to do with it because I really want it gone. I thought a "free" ad on Craigslist, but then I realized I was going to have people having a yard fight over it and if I and my friends and family can't move it neither can someone who trolls the free ads on Craigslist. We really will need a crane or some kind of special equipment to dismantle it and move each part. Someday I'll be done.
My interior is a wreck and I don't have any furniture which in any way goes with the house, but I figure I can worry about that over the summer when I can't be outside as much. Plus plants take their time to grow and I love a lush yard. My fingers are cracked and bleeding but my yard looks as nice as the others on the block now. I had to tell the rip off stump grinder people to get out of my yard when after coming out and seeing what I had and giving me an estimate they set up a week later and tried to extort me for more money. I told them to go fuck themselves and get lost. It isn't like they didn't come out and SEE the situation before giving the estimate. So I'm trying to decide how confident I feel about running a stump grinder myself. The gadget looks scary, like a Langolier for trees. Then again, I'm getting sick of running off incompetent or dishonest service people.
I planted jasmine, a queen of sheba, some boxwoods and lantana and a other plants around the pool and did a general cleanup of the area. It looks way better. I also had to clean out an above ground pond which was very gross.
While doing all of this, I unearthed tons of gross yard kitch. I found a fountain, a statue with fountain, a fountain bowl and some broken cat or rabbit pottery and outdoor yard decor of the "Big Lot's" looking variety. Pretty much every hole I dug to plant something and I was digging up something tacky and hideous. I also have a fountain in my front yard which has to go. It weighs about 1000 lbs each part because it is way overstated and huge so I can't just move it and it is apparently worth a fair amount of money so I don't want to smash it. I don't know what to do with it because I really want it gone. I thought a "free" ad on Craigslist, but then I realized I was going to have people having a yard fight over it and if I and my friends and family can't move it neither can someone who trolls the free ads on Craigslist. We really will need a crane or some kind of special equipment to dismantle it and move each part. Someday I'll be done.
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lol, they probably didn't want to take it with them when they moved, so they panicked and buried it! they were weird!
anyhting good in the stuff you found? my parents still have some of those old bottles- some of them were pretty neat!
-me
Happy you've found a new place to reside and raise a family. Even if it isn't picture perfect yet, it soon will be. Your cultivation of plants and endurance against the elements will leave character that will last a lifetime.
Happy New Year fellow SG Progenitor