Specialty Gardening: roofers mashed my garden, 1 by chris_h

chris_h wrote:
Oh, aren't we gardeners funny? I can actually understand the the purse thing. In fact, I myself, have broken a stem or two when arriving home with my purse on my shoulder and seized by an uncontrollable urge to pull a weed, I bend over, the purse slides down and crashes into a plant. And as much as I'd like help with chores like weeding, I don't trust anyone else to do it. My husband is cleared to pull Ailanthus and dandelions but only if he doesn't have to step into the flower beds to reach them.

How about when someone steps into a flower bed to retrieve a ball or even trying to be helpful, to pull a weed or some other task and steps squarely on one of your plants? I have little neighbor children who come over when I am working in the garden and want to "help". I am always trying to come up with excuses that won't hurt their feelings and when I do try to find a little task for them I always wind up with some damage. The little dears are positively uncanny at finding something to accidentally crush or dig into etc.

For the meter reader and cable servicemen etc. I have a flagstone path through the flower bed which leads to a small bricked area where the meters and boxes are. They have plenty of room to do what they need to do. I call it the "service patio". It seems to be working well.

By the way, the roofers are gone. My garden is safe again.