garden for all occasions

Category: gardening and the art of life | Posted: Fri Oct 05, 2007 3:49 pm

There is a gardening job that suits every mood. Weeding for when I want to be perfect, pruning for when I feel the sculptor in me needs exposure. Last Sunday we (the irish) suffered a sad defeat in the world rugby at the hands of a better team- Argentina. My frustrations led me to gear up my reciprocating electric saw during half time. I cut down a surprising amount of weed trees which were after staking a place in the garden, and choking the light from other shrubs and trees that I actually paid for! I had hacked them all and was back on the couch to witness our final score, removing us from the championship......

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Droopy wrote on Fri Oct 05, 2007 5:56 pm:

You are so right! I always manage to get a lot of the rough work done when I'm angry.

Frank wrote on Fri Oct 05, 2007 6:35 pm:

Lol at least something good came out of that game!

miss rosie wrote on Fri Oct 05, 2007 7:41 pm:

if ireland keeps losing my garden could get v short !!

eileen wrote on Fri Oct 05, 2007 8:15 pm:

"If ireland keeps losing my garden could get v short!!" LOL Let's hope they lose just enough so that your garden is neat and tidy and not shorn to within an inch of it's life!!

CritterPainter wrote on Fri Oct 05, 2007 9:49 pm:

Ah, but you've given me a positive light in which to view our ailing baseball team, now I am heartened to look forward to next spring when I can get some agressive yardwork done during halftime!