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Posted by Susan Laity Price on June 27, 2009, 11:55 am
Just wanted you to know that you aren't alone. At my son's grade
school I organized a garden club. We established a landscape of native
Illinois plants which is something the children study, especially in
5th grade. When the landscaping was about three years old and well
established a new custodian was hired. He thought the three feet tall
prairie grass was a weed, cut it down and sprayed it with weed killer.
By fall it would have been a full 6' tall! He also thought he would
remove weeds from an area of ground cover by spraying the entire area
with weed killer which of course killed most of the ground cover along
with the weeds. The one thing he did plant was a shade loving flower
around the school sign which was in full sun all day. He would stand
out there for an hour every day and water it because according to him
it was wilting from the extra dry summer. The school kept him for
another six months but lost the garden club. We just didn't have the
energy to start over. Maybe if the school staff had apologized or even
acknowledged the damage done by the custodian we would have replanted
but they didn't say anything. At least your landlord came over to see
the damage.
Susan
On Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:08:03 GMT, nightmiste@gmail.com (NightMist)
wrote:
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>Jobe Smith would have been a vast improvement.
>So the landlord's lawnmwer men came over yesterday to take care of the
>lawn which had begun to resemble a ranforest.
>He very specificly instructed them not to mow my plants and called me
>in advance to let me know he told them. DH and DD3 went out and made
>sure that everything was clearly marked anyway. Either mulched and
>flagged or with little fences around them, just to be safe.
>Did that stop these dedicated morons? Oh no it did not!
>They went around the yard and very carefully removed all the flags and
>little fences and raked out the mulch to make it easier to mow down
>all the things they were supposed to avoid.
>We stopped them before they got the bleeding hearts, foxglove,
>wonderberries, raspberries, or the male holly tree.
>But they got the rose of sharon, the female holly, four shrub
>cherries, all of which were 3-4 feet tall with main stems 1/2 to 3/4
>of an inch thick, a stand of iris in full bloom, the lingonberries
>which had bounced back after being mowed last year, and the last
>blueberry which had likewise come back after last years butchery.
>They did very carefully avoid a stand of curly dock though.
>I guess I should be greatful that they avoided the roses, the currents
>and gooseberries, and the asparagus, and that they didn't disassemble
>the raised beds.
>The landlord (of course I called him!) waited until today to come
>over and apologize. He Fears me, and wanted to give me 24 hours out of
>respect for his body parts.
>As for the lawnmower men, after I went out and just pointed at the
>destruction with a blackthorn stick and quoted prices to them, they
>ran for it. I didn't say word one to them other than rattling off
>costs, and then went directly back inside. Admitedly I may have
>looked a bit dark because I would really rather have laid into them
>with that stick than just used it as a pointer, but DH dashed out
>after me to make sure I didn't kill them and that they knew I
>wouldn't.
>What I want to know now is if anybody is going to replace my plants!
>The iris will probably come back, but I am considerably less sure
>about the rest of it.
>NightMist
>Gargh!
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Posted by turtle on June 27, 2009, 3:16 pm
On Jun 26, 8:08=A0pm, nightmi...@gmail.com (NightMist) wrote:
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> Jobe Smith would have been a vast improvement.
> So the landlord's lawnmwer men came over yesterday to take care of the
> lawn which had begun to resemble a ranforest.
> He very specificly instructed them not to mow my plants and called me
> in advance to let me know he told them. =A0DH and DD3 went out and made
> sure that everything was clearly marked anyway. =A0Either mulched and
> flagged or with little fences around them, just to be safe.
> Did that stop these dedicated morons? Oh no it did not!
> They went around the yard and very carefully removed all the flags and
> little fences and raked out the mulch to make it easier to mow down
> all the things they were supposed to avoid.
> We stopped them before they got the bleeding hearts, foxglove,
> wonderberries, raspberries, or the male holly tree.
> But they got the rose of sharon, the female holly, four shrub
> cherries, all of which were 3-4 feet tall with main stems 1/2 to 3/4
> of an inch thick, a stand of iris in full bloom, =A0the lingonberries
> which had bounced back after being mowed last year, and the last
> blueberry which had likewise come back after last years butchery.
> They did very carefully avoid a stand of curly dock though.
> I guess I should be greatful that they avoided the roses, the currents
> and gooseberries, and the asparagus, and that they didn't disassemble
> the raised beds.
> The landlord =A0(of course I called him!) waited until today to come
> over and apologize. He Fears me, and wanted to give me 24 hours out of
> respect for his body parts.
> As for the lawnmower men, after I went out and just pointed at the
> destruction with a blackthorn stick and quoted prices to them, they
> ran for it. =A0I didn't say word one to them other than rattling off
> costs, and then went directly back inside. =A0Admitedly I may have
> looked a bit dark because I would really rather have laid into them
> with that stick than just used it as a pointer, but DH dashed out
> after me to make sure I didn't kill them and that they knew I
> wouldn't.
> What I want to know now is if anybody is going to replace my plants!
> The iris will probably come back, but I am considerably less sure
> about the rest of it.
> NightMist
> Gargh!
> --
> Legolas is my house elf
Nightmist, I admire your restraint. HOW ON EARTH could anyone with
ANY rational intelligence think that they should remove fences and
mulching to mow over well established bushes and plants. It makes my
blood boil just to read about it. They did have the smarts to know
when they should run, though. Self oreservation instincts are
obviously the last to go, or perhaps the first to develop?
Turtle
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Posted by Polly Esther on June 27, 2009, 11:24 pm
I only plant 3 kinds of things: those that can be in big pots 2 or more
feet off the ground, things that thrive from being mowed down (daylilies
LOVE it) and things that can fight back and win such as my clothesline poles
which are mean sturdy pipes. You choose your battles, you know, and that's
one I can't win. Polly
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Posted by Sally Swindells on June 28, 2009, 3:31 am
Oh dear - how horrible.
I would try regular watering and some feed and I bet you will see tiny
shoots coming from the base of some of the plants. They will all have
established root systems so will be desperate to grow leaves.
Perhaps next time try electrified fences (or tell them they are!)or form
a human shield.
Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
NightMist wrote:
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> Jobe Smith would have been a vast improvement.
>
> So the landlord's lawnmwer men came over yesterday to take care of the
> lawn which had begun to resemble a ranforest.
> He very specificly instructed them not to mow my plants and called me
> in advance to let me know he told them. DH and DD3 went out and made
> sure that everything was clearly marked anyway. Either mulched and
> flagged or with little fences around them, just to be safe.
> Did that stop these dedicated morons? Oh no it did not!
> They went around the yard and very carefully removed all the flags and
> little fences and raked out the mulch to make it easier to mow down
> all the things they were supposed to avoid.
> We stopped them before they got the bleeding hearts, foxglove,
> wonderberries, raspberries, or the male holly tree.
> But they got the rose of sharon, the female holly, four shrub
> cherries, all of which were 3-4 feet tall with main stems 1/2 to 3/4
> of an inch thick, a stand of iris in full bloom, the lingonberries
> which had bounced back after being mowed last year, and the last
> blueberry which had likewise come back after last years butchery.
> They did very carefully avoid a stand of curly dock though.
> I guess I should be greatful that they avoided the roses, the currents
> and gooseberries, and the asparagus, and that they didn't disassemble
> the raised beds.
> The landlord (of course I called him!) waited until today to come
> over and apologize. He Fears me, and wanted to give me 24 hours out of
> respect for his body parts.
> As for the lawnmower men, after I went out and just pointed at the
> destruction with a blackthorn stick and quoted prices to them, they
> ran for it. I didn't say word one to them other than rattling off
> costs, and then went directly back inside. Admitedly I may have
> looked a bit dark because I would really rather have laid into them
> with that stick than just used it as a pointer, but DH dashed out
> after me to make sure I didn't kill them and that they knew I
> wouldn't.
>
> What I want to know now is if anybody is going to replace my plants!
> The iris will probably come back, but I am considerably less sure
> about the rest of it.
>
> NightMist
> Gargh!
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Posted by Patti on June 28, 2009, 6:50 am
Don't know about the human shield, Sally. With that kind of person, you
could never be sure ... ...
But, yes, how truly dreadful.
.
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>Oh dear - how horrible.
>I would try regular watering and some feed and I bet you will see tiny
>shoots coming from the base of some of the plants. They will all have
>established root systems so will be desperate to grow leaves.
>Perhaps next time try electrified fences (or tell them they are!)or
>form a human shield.
>Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk
>http://community.webshots.com/user/sallyswin
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Best Regards
pat on the hill
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>So the landlord's lawnmwer men came over yesterday to take care of the
>lawn which had begun to resemble a ranforest.
>He very specificly instructed them not to mow my plants and called me
>in advance to let me know he told them. DH and DD3 went out and made
>sure that everything was clearly marked anyway. Either mulched and
>flagged or with little fences around them, just to be safe.
>Did that stop these dedicated morons? Oh no it did not!
>They went around the yard and very carefully removed all the flags and
>little fences and raked out the mulch to make it easier to mow down
>all the things they were supposed to avoid.
>We stopped them before they got the bleeding hearts, foxglove,
>wonderberries, raspberries, or the male holly tree.
>But they got the rose of sharon, the female holly, four shrub
>cherries, all of which were 3-4 feet tall with main stems 1/2 to 3/4
>of an inch thick, a stand of iris in full bloom, the lingonberries
>which had bounced back after being mowed last year, and the last
>blueberry which had likewise come back after last years butchery.
>They did very carefully avoid a stand of curly dock though.
>I guess I should be greatful that they avoided the roses, the currents
>and gooseberries, and the asparagus, and that they didn't disassemble
>the raised beds.
>The landlord (of course I called him!) waited until today to come
>over and apologize. He Fears me, and wanted to give me 24 hours out of
>respect for his body parts.
>As for the lawnmower men, after I went out and just pointed at the
>destruction with a blackthorn stick and quoted prices to them, they
>ran for it. I didn't say word one to them other than rattling off
>costs, and then went directly back inside. Admitedly I may have
>looked a bit dark because I would really rather have laid into them
>with that stick than just used it as a pointer, but DH dashed out
>after me to make sure I didn't kill them and that they knew I
>wouldn't.
>What I want to know now is if anybody is going to replace my plants!
>The iris will probably come back, but I am considerably less sure
>about the rest of it.
>NightMist
>Gargh!