Since I had been away for a month, the Vine-leafed Maple had shot up in front of the second floor window and the plum tree was against the house.
Also the lace-leafed maple had become so thick with branches that the plants on either side were almost completely hidden. Knowing which branches to prune out is tricky with maples.
The guy knew that I usually did the trimming but he made me an offer that would have been hard to refuse ... less than what I have paid in the past for professional pruning which results were not to my liking.
This guy brought a young man around as promised this morning at 10:00 and the three of us discussed what I wished to have improved.
All the cuttings were carefully cleaned up and taken away in his truck. (I think last time I was cleaning up cuttings in the under-brush for weeks).
Just as he finished, it began to rain.
I would say the garden will be very happy. I had him leave the gardenia nearest the gate as it had buds getting ready to bloom, and I can trim that bush when the flowers are finished
This is not coming out as I had planned. I think it is rather difficult to figure out the order of cutting and turning when the technique is completely unfamiliar as it is hard to see as far ahead as needed when planning.
Maybe I should have gotten a few books with instructions before just jumping in.
The next baby quilt is still being arranged.
The I-Spy blocks are only four inches square so I am going to need to mark and cut more ...
And then, the sashing strips ... I will need to lay it all out to adjust the balance of color so I really can't begin to sew until it is all arranged and pinned in strips.
Sometime this week I am planning to go to a quilt show. As I recall, this show does not allow pictures but it is a very good show and one of my quilt group friends has a featured part.
Here's hoping the rain does more to lower the temperature than to add to the humidity. The garden will be happy and I am hoping I will be too. At least I have something pretty to look at.
Your garden does look lovely and neat with all the work. It sounds like you may have found the right person for the job!
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The garden looks lovely and lush. I am glad that the man offered his services and that you took him up on it. In my town our library yard was overrun with poplar saplings that had sprung up, holes dug in the lawn by the gophers and just general disrepair of the flower boxes and wooden walkway. It is a territorial government building but they have had no interest in doing any outside work on it for the last three years. I planted flowers in the boxes earlier in the summer, but really it looked terrible and tourists would comment to the librarian that they didn't know if the library was open because of the outside state of disrepair. Well in July one of the service groups (like Lions club, although I don't think it was them) offered to come out and clean up the yard. They did a fantastic job, cutting out all the overgrowth, repairing and painting a lot of the wood structures and filling in gopher holes, as well as just general clean up of the yard. I was thrilled. There are three people on the library board. Two of us work full time and the third has some mobility issues, so we were very grateful for the help as we were not getting around to doing it. Your Mola looks very good to me. I know what you mean about trying to sort out the process for something you haven't done before. It does take some brain work.
ReplyDeleteThey did a beautiful job with the pruning and it looks wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLove the new additions to your mola, beautiful color choices.
Debbie
The garden barbers have been to visit! Your house is an asset to your street, as is the resident and her plants!
ReplyDeleteOh, no, don't remind me I haven't started on my Mola yet!
Show pictures of the gardenia's when they bloom, please. I had gardenia's in my wedding.
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