What did you do today ?

Today, 4 acres of strimming and mowing, the house is on one side of the valley:







Cutting the phone lines claer, Aparently acording to the customer the internet conectivity improves afterwards, probably wishfull thinking:



Lastly, to finish the day a hedge:

 

:eek:...Jeeez Pro,You certainly need to be fit just to walk the garden never mind all that graft too..:thumb:

 

Think i might move to wales lol :D

been alot of mowing today and a few hedges been a bit depressing to spoke to a customer i got new this year and he paid me for the next 4 cuts cos hes not to well went downhill aftert his wife sudenly died and now to be honest i think he wishes he was dead :( even his family dont give a dam then later today another customer ive had for 3 years didnt recognise me :( poor womans minds gone yet she lives alone with just a neighbour to keep check on her ........ i see a bit to much of this ya know but i try not to let it get to me :rolleyes: ohand then i got home at 730 had a message to ring a customer who has me every few months i rang her an i think she was drunk!!:rolleyes:

 

Be positive spud..Care is not just mowing a lawn I reckon:thumb:

 

Been out to all my Ladies gardens again this week and got another call last night to go and see a garden this aftenoon so yes getting taken on board a beautiful garden all are so different but each a pleasure and delight to be in.

 

Yeah i know ive allways got time to chat to all of my customers most are well over 70 to be honest but what can you say to a very lonely depressed man whos lost his wife of 60 years :confused::(

 

Spud

I work as a Carer looking after the elderly in their own homes and know exactly where you are coming from, you'd be surprised at the amount of lonely old folks in this world with family just around the corner who don't give a damn, some of the people i look after only see me once a week, sometimes i'm the only person they see week to week!!, your visit, even if it is only once every couple of weeks means the world to them, it's the company they crave, sometimes it's just a cuppa and a chat but it means a lot, its very hard not to get attached and not let their sadness get to you so don't beat yourself up, but good on you! :thumb:

 

Theres far tomany people whos familys dont care isnt there:( but i started my business with the elderly in mind really cos i was sick of hearing about con men ripping them off i could make more money working for people who just cant be boatherd to do the garden themselves but id sooner work for people who cant do it its more rewarding it might sound odd but one of the nicest things a customer has ever said tome is that her daughter said the garden looks as good now as when her dad was alive

 

I totally agree, I only work on the Deli at Tesco part time, have worked there 8 years and I know a lot of the regular customers of which are the elderly, their children have disappeared to different parts of the world and very rarely see them, but are still very proud of them, saying how well they have done for themselves. If they see them every 3-5 years they are lucky. When I ask if they keep in touch I get answers like, well they are very busy. It makes my blood boil, how can they neglect their parents who have probably got them to where they are today. Where I can we have a good chat and they even tell me that I am the only person they have spoken to all day. Others who are lonely tell me of their illnesses aches and pains. I listern and if I feel worried for them advise them to go and see their doctor. It makes their day, and mine also, if I can give at least a little bit of comfort to them in our little chats. (who'd be a Deli assistant?.......ME!!!) 02

 

Now there's a nice compliment

 

I know how you feel take, i've done this job a long long time and wouldn't dream of doing anything else, the stories of the wars ect fascinate me, never a dull moment! its just a shame a selflish few get people that do my job a bad name... but that's another story... off to the land off nod, tomorrows another gardening day.! :D

 

Lol, Spud you need to change your job description from gardener to social services lol!!!

I remember being asked to quote once for the grounds maintance of a local care home, I was lead through a hall way with banks of chairs with elderly folk simply staring into space, it was soul destroying and depressing. No way I could do work at the place.

 

It dose seam that way some times but i get alot of job satisfaction out of it :thumb: and yes rouxbee the stories are great :D
and its supriseing how many people actually know my family from way back lol one even worked with my great gramps so i dont know how old he is but my gramps would have been 82 this year ....

 

Good on all of you that spare 10 minutes for the elderly, or others cos it's not just the elderly that get lonely.

It is a shocking state of affairs. Makes me very upset. Still the nices thing is to do what you folks are doing - have a chat.

cheers

 

I have single handedly turned a jungle of brambles and nettles into the plot for my future tropical corner (more details in my blog). In the proceedings I have brocken my back (again), blistered my hands (again), hit my shin with a hatchet (a brand new feat) and I am completely destroyed. I am also a very happy gardener, this is such a masochistic occupation.

I will try to limp, or at least crawl, to the bathing tub.