Pedro

I've been to Home Depot a lot this week. Our neighbor painted his house, so before he had that done he chopped down the trees and bushes along his house. He never sees that side of his yard and is not much into yard work in the first place. So I asked him if he had plans for the 5 stumps and weeds. He laughed and said that he might place some garden trolls on each stump and let nature take it's course with the rest. I told him that I would take over if he didn't mind. I have to admit that every time I drove up to Home Depot I was tempted to take a Mexican or two home to toil in my yard. But then that would be less fun for me to have in my yard. Plus, there's something satisfying in doing a job all by myself. Okay, I will admit that Bryan stopped by to borrow my hedge clippers and helped me remove a couple of stumps, but other than that I did it all. Okay, not exactly. When he stopped by again a couple of days later to check progress on his way to work he helped me dig a couple of holes. But otherwise, I am my own Pedro. I actually like yard work. My friend calls herself Consuela when she does all the housework without any help. I prefer Pedro. Don't know why, just do. Maybe it has something to do with a strange dream I once had where I went in for a facial and I came out with a whole new head. I had a Mexican man's head on my body and the head was extra large. At least he had really nice white straight teeth, but still it was disturbing. In my dream people didn't seem to think it was a big deal that I had a new head. At least I still had my own voice and body. It was just strange looking in the mirror.....

Anyway, I spent the week fixing my neighbor's yard and I think it looks pretty good.

Before the planting but after stump removal

After hours and hours and about 30 bags of bark (and new plants of course!)