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My spouse is getting ready to rip down our front porch and rebuild it. And if his contracting skills… or rather his lack of… aren’t worrying enough?
There’s this.
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My glorious rhododendrons, which due to all the rain we had this spring are bigger and fuller than they’ve ever been.
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Yes, the porch is old and rotted.
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Yes, the support posts aren’t supporting anything.
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No, the railings aren’t level.
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But… but…
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My rhodies are huge and just about to burst into full bloom.
They’re also right in the way and I know my husband is going to butcher them so he has room to work.
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My father-in-law killed so many of our plants that we called him “tree-slayer”. He was finally defeated by our crepe myrtle which he trimmed to the ground and grew about three stories two years after.
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We have a flowering quince like that. The more we trim the higher it grows. It always wins…
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I wish I had shrubbery like that, The heat this past summer killed my pear tree and one of my rose bushes. No matter how much I tried the heat wave was too strong for them no matter how much I watered, covered or tried to protect them.
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That would suck. I take it personally when parts of my garden die…
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Can he wait until after they bloom?
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Of course not.
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😯
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Oh no….what the hell?!?! Maybe he needs another project to take his mind of the porch. Anything but to “trim” those beautiful rhododendrons.
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His excuse is he’ll only be trimming the back half.
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Go on strike. No Rodies, no wife!
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Aww…that sucks
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Would it really kill him to wait a month?
Maybe don’t answer that.
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Nooooo!!!!!
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Sadly, yes.
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Oh my gosh….can he wait until the blooming season is over? I’m gonna send thoughts and prayers to your rhodies!
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He says he’ll only trim one for now. But doesn’t want to wait because it’s a big project and hot weather is coming…
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