Lawn and Garden Services (Times Two)

As we settle into our new home, there is much to be done. Some of it I can do. Some of it will require professionals. Then there are those things that for the time being I might hire others to do until I settle into a pattern. Lawn and garden care fits this last category. Right now, I do not have a mower and right now I have foliage which is out of control.

Since our house was a foreclosure and sat empty for almost two years, the gardens around the house (while beautiful) have gotten overgrown. They need some attention. So, I contacted the man who mows and manages the flowers, shrubs and trees for about a half hour a week next door to us. He comes every Monday and does a good job for a very reasonable price.

So I called him and we chatted about him spending a half hour a week getting my lawn and plants back in shape. I would take over once everything was cleaned up. Great conversation and an incredible price. Then he called me. Or, so I thought he called me back. It turns out that the two phone calls were two different gardeners offering their services for a few months at an unbelievable rate. Unintentionally, I hired both (thinking I was hiring one).

Both men are hard workers and keep several yards looking great in our neighborhood. Both are hispanic and speak little English. Since I speak very little Spanish, I must have miscommunicated with both of them. So I called and left a message with each (after they both showed up in the same week). My message suggested I needed to talk to them because I had accidently hired two gardeners. I thought that would straighten things out. Boy was I wrong!

This week neither showed up!