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Strewth!!

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PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 9 Jul 2011 19:39

My garden is totally secluded.
I have a tree at the botton of my garden that on the right hand side, hides the view from a house further back, who would otherwise, from their bedroom window, be able to see into my garden.
Anyway, i had a chap round today to trim the tree.
My instructions were...........trim the tree as much as you like on the left hand side, but go easy on the right.

And what did he do??

Bleddy eejit!! :-S

Big

Big Report 9 Jul 2011 20:38

reminds me of my husband, never to be left alone in the garden!

The best "Bleddy eejit" I have met though was my neighbor... He purchased a few dozen rose plants in the plastic bags and made borders on three sides of the lawn all along the fences. He waited and waited for his roses to grow and happened to mention to my father one day that he was very disappointed with the roses, not one had produced any green bits let alone a flower. So my father went to have a look and sure enough the silly ole codger had planted them all upside down

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 9 Jul 2011 21:44

OMG!............scuse me while i just pop orf to change my drawers!!! :-D :-D :-D

George

George Report 9 Jul 2011 21:54

Well PricklyHolly,

That's going to put paid to your naked sunbathing....LOL :-D :-D ;-)

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 9 Jul 2011 22:16

George, it's not the naked sunbathing i am concerned about, i am too low down for that! It's my early morning naked stretches ritual on the back doorstep and my running on the spot at 50 miles an hour with me bits flying all over the place that worries me!! :-S

Wend

Wend Report 9 Jul 2011 22:20

Yes, Prickles - what about your bush? We can all now see that that needs a trim too :-D

JustDinosaurJill

JustDinosaurJill Report 9 Jul 2011 22:28

Bil was rather annoyed at being nagged about mowing the garden so he mowed the lot from one side to the other, one end to the other, flower beds and all.

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 9 Jul 2011 22:37

Lol Jillian!!

Hello Wend........you leave my shrubbery out of this!! :-D

Sharron

Sharron Report 10 Jul 2011 01:07

Do the people in the house actually want to see what you are up to in your garden?

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 10 Jul 2011 08:13

Thanks to "bleddy eejit" Sharron, they don't have a choice! :-(

Island

Island Report 10 Jul 2011 10:52

No more nekkid cartwheeling for a while then :-D

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 10 Jul 2011 12:25

With a bit of luck it will soon grow back better and bushier PH.



Marion

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 10 Jul 2011 13:01

Fortunatley the tree is fast growing and so it won't be long until my usual outside activities can resume to normal!! :-D

AnninGlos

AnninGlos Report 10 Jul 2011 13:13

too much information PH

Merlin

Merlin Report 10 Jul 2011 13:19

You think thats funny about the roses, how about this for idiocy, when I lived in the Midlands a chap I knew had some trees delivered for his back garden, asked his (New S.I.L. to put them in for him over the weekend while he was away.So he did, they looked very nice all upright in a row at the bottom,could,nt understand why they were dying,asked me to look at them to see what was wrong,got a spade tried to dig into the siol around the roots, could,nt get down to them ,the stupid B888er had concreted them in.so poor old Bill was stuck with about £300 of dead wood. :-S :-S **M**.

MarionfromScotland

MarionfromScotland Report 10 Jul 2011 13:29

What a plonker Merlin lol

Thats good the PH,it will have grown back and you will soon be able to prune your roses in the bare skud again lol

PricklyHolly

PricklyHolly Report 10 Jul 2011 13:38

I did that once Marion.........but never again!

I now have a piercing on my sticky out bit. :-D

Merlin

Merlin Report 10 Jul 2011 13:45

He had to get somebody with a Pneumatic drill to get them out,don,t think his SIL.got many brownie points for it. Prickly, you can get Thornless Roses now. so no more piercings,Try David Austin Roses.he has them,and he has a web site you can order from. ;-) **M**.