We have been in the house for about three years, but there continue to be little projects that come up. Little improvements that need to be made. Maybe a dead tree that needs to be removed or replaced. But you must know, when Mike begins one of these projects, there is no way for it to be done but the best, A-#1, high-quality way.
My example above -- See the lamp post sitting on a concrete pad? We, jointly, decided that this lamp post would look better with a new coat of paint and some small shrubs around the base of the post.
Solution - LIZ - Run to local nursery, see what shrubs they have (it's nearly July, after all), grab however many we need, then come home, get on the business end of a shovel and plant them.
Solution - MIKE - Give deep thought to exactly what shrub would look best and do well in this area of our yard. Discuss with Liz and at least one other person. Decide how many of those shrubs we need, okay, eight. Oh, good, Liz is going to Amarillo soon, she can run by our few favorite nurseries and find the Renaissance Spirea in the two gallon size that we will need. In the unfortunate event that it is too late in the season that they don't have the size or variety we want, we will just order them and wait 3-4 weeks for them to come in. This will give us ample time to build the proper box to border the new shrubs. After measuring all sides, he welds a perfect 60" square iron box. The only way to lift it over the top of the lamp post (believe me, this picture was taken after we had already tried the ladder -- I wasn't quick enough with the camera) was to go get this little John Deere, and lift the iron box right over the top of the post.
So -- there it sits. Now we wait the 3 weeks for the special order spireas to come in. And we are super happy about it! It's going to look great! Such a tiny little project in a yard that needs so much!
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