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@thistlebloom , so you are saying I should do a severe pruning before I move the forsythia? Like practically cut them down???? Was just going to get him to dig it up as is and move... have plenty of hose to reach to water them in new spot to get settled in the ground.... There are about 3 or 4 clumps that have grown together into a "row" more or less.... It is over 8 feet high and the "end of the row" is about 4 ft (or more)wide and the row is about 10 or more feet long.... someone probably planted 3 or 4 plants and then they got neglected... especially in the last 8 years have not been trimmed at all.... I was going to get him to just scoop up each "bunch" or what ever and plop it down in another hole along the edge of the property on the dirt road side.... I have never transplanted them, have always broken off a branch or 2 and gotten them to root and then planted.... Since he is going to have a rubber tired backhoe type thing, didn't plan on a lot of "human" transplanting....
Please advise.... I can probably get them cut back with the lopping shears I have....
@Ridgetop ... things are going along...... I plan to be in there by the first of the year, with or without the bathroom being done.... That is my limit for paying on the rent and mortgage.... Kinda made up my mind....
The floor sanding/finishing should be done within the month...I hope.... Glen said he might try to come open the doorway to the bathroom, up one rainy day they can't do outside work.... he restores/rebuilds etc the old log cabins with the chinking and stuff.... and does stone work... so it is somewhat dependent on where he is on certain jobs if we get wet weather.... although he tries to have a couple jobs spaced out to where he can do inside work somewhere if the weather is inclement....
I haven't gotten an estimate yet on the partial kitchen work/counter top etc.... might have that in a day or 2. The "owner/boss" had texted me and said he would have something and could stop by the house late wed (today) but I said I would be gone all day and that I needed to take my truck in for work thurs.... so I would catch up with him towards the end of the week. He had texted me to ask if I was satisfied with the work that the other 2 guys did the other day, as it was "his job " and they were sub contracting. I was impressed that he would check with me that way.... said he usually tried to get back by the job to check on things but got tied up on another job til late.
And I won't get an estimate on the "boxwood" deal and other work for a couple days at least, since that guy was supposed to have the kidney stone surgery on tuesday after he came by on monday. And he will be out of "working commission" for at least 2 weeks.... don't think that he has anyone working for him except for a few others that he works "with" like on the tree trimming/chipping etc. I told him that was fine and he said he would get back to me in about a week.... I can live with that, no problem.
Get a few estimates, and do some money figuring.... and then see how soon I can get all of this done...
I have to figure in the unexpected brake work on the truck ...too.....
#1 first Floors ....#2 boxwoods and "yard/tree" work while the machine is here..... #3 kitchen butcher block countertop and the "island removed" and the tall sliding cabinet thing out next to the fridge and the replacing the door fronts with the finished plywood they take out from the sliding cabinet thing....
D@#N I just accidentally erased a bunch of stuff I typed.....
Please advise.... I can probably get them cut back with the lopping shears I have....
@Ridgetop ... things are going along...... I plan to be in there by the first of the year, with or without the bathroom being done.... That is my limit for paying on the rent and mortgage.... Kinda made up my mind....
The floor sanding/finishing should be done within the month...I hope.... Glen said he might try to come open the doorway to the bathroom, up one rainy day they can't do outside work.... he restores/rebuilds etc the old log cabins with the chinking and stuff.... and does stone work... so it is somewhat dependent on where he is on certain jobs if we get wet weather.... although he tries to have a couple jobs spaced out to where he can do inside work somewhere if the weather is inclement....
I haven't gotten an estimate yet on the partial kitchen work/counter top etc.... might have that in a day or 2. The "owner/boss" had texted me and said he would have something and could stop by the house late wed (today) but I said I would be gone all day and that I needed to take my truck in for work thurs.... so I would catch up with him towards the end of the week. He had texted me to ask if I was satisfied with the work that the other 2 guys did the other day, as it was "his job " and they were sub contracting. I was impressed that he would check with me that way.... said he usually tried to get back by the job to check on things but got tied up on another job til late.
And I won't get an estimate on the "boxwood" deal and other work for a couple days at least, since that guy was supposed to have the kidney stone surgery on tuesday after he came by on monday. And he will be out of "working commission" for at least 2 weeks.... don't think that he has anyone working for him except for a few others that he works "with" like on the tree trimming/chipping etc. I told him that was fine and he said he would get back to me in about a week.... I can live with that, no problem.
Get a few estimates, and do some money figuring.... and then see how soon I can get all of this done...
I have to figure in the unexpected brake work on the truck ...too.....
#1 first Floors ....#2 boxwoods and "yard/tree" work while the machine is here..... #3 kitchen butcher block countertop and the "island removed" and the tall sliding cabinet thing out next to the fridge and the replacing the door fronts with the finished plywood they take out from the sliding cabinet thing....
D@#N I just accidentally erased a bunch of stuff I typed.....