And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
OK, I'll be the practical jerk. Add to the cost... the extra $$$ to hire a gardener. You definitely don't want to waste YOUR life weeding, spraying, weeding, dead heading, fertilizing, watering, pruning, weeding, dividing, rinse and repeat. You might want two gardeners. My wife is an avid gardener, she spends hours on a very much smaller garden. She loves it but it is truly time out of your life. YMMV.
My wife is a gardener. To her it is not work. She'll spend upwards of twenty hours per week, every week year round, year after year deadheading, trimming, weeding & raking, planting new, transplanting, raising new, pulling out old. She loves it. Its not work.
Meanwhile, she has time to read books, write letters, schedule family events, plus work a regular job.
She is not superwoman. Time management is not a super power. Many people are surprised just how much time they waste watching the idiot box or on the computer.
RR ties @ $14 ea. Two grunts @ $100/day ea x twenty days. Gas auger @ $120/day x two days. Twenty gallons fuel x $4.00/ gal Homemade lunch (provided by owner) @ $20 x twenty days. Non-alcoholic beverages @ $25/ day.
Looks nice. That was a ton of work by the owner, or cost if contracted. I would have gone for concrete walls with contained steel pipe sunk 4' down. Those RR ties will rot out in 5-10 years.
Worth the money for AI to enhance the photo of the yard.
ReplyDeleteDon't mention AI, too many tender souls will be upset. Might even resort to calling you a dickhead.
DeleteOr a limpwrist.
DeleteLooks like 20k plus
ReplyDeleteThat's my guess too, but what would erosion repair after 5 years cost?
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OK, I'll be the practical jerk. Add to the cost... the extra $$$ to hire a gardener. You definitely don't want to waste YOUR life weeding, spraying, weeding, dead heading, fertilizing, watering, pruning, weeding, dividing, rinse and repeat. You might want two gardeners. My wife is an avid gardener, she spends hours on a very much smaller garden. She loves it but it is truly time out of your life. YMMV.
ReplyDeleteMy wife is a gardener. To her it is not work. She'll spend upwards of twenty hours per week, every week year round, year after year deadheading, trimming, weeding & raking, planting new, transplanting, raising new, pulling out old.
DeleteShe loves it. Its not work.
Meanwhile, she has time to read books, write letters, schedule family events, plus work a regular job.
She is not superwoman. Time management is not a super power. Many people are surprised just how much time they waste watching the idiot box or on the computer.
I would like to see vegetables growing on the terraces versus flowering bushes.
ReplyDeleteRR ties @ $14 ea.
ReplyDeleteTwo grunts @ $100/day ea x twenty days.
Gas auger @ $120/day x two days.
Twenty gallons fuel x $4.00/ gal
Homemade lunch (provided by owner) @ $20 x twenty days.
Non-alcoholic beverages @ $25/ day.
Add it up. Est. is within $200 of final cost.
Plus chainsaw (4qts oil, 20 gallons fuel)
DeleteI count approx 120 RR ties
DeleteLooks nice. That was a ton of work by the owner, or cost if contracted. I would have gone for concrete walls with contained steel pipe sunk 4' down. Those RR ties will rot out in 5-10 years.
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