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In reply to the discussion: What to do with Dahlias? [View all]

CountAllVotes

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10. I'm lucky the teen place took me!
Mon Jul 25, 2022, 11:56 AM
Jul 2022

The only reason they did is because the people across the street use them as well. Because of this, they don't have to make an extra trip to work where I live. Otherwise, they are booked up with a waiting list!

It is such a scam, this yard work thing.

One guy wanted my credit card number and told me I had dry rot on the back of the house. I know this is not true as I just had the windows replaced and the entire house painted a couple of years ago. There was dry rot, that is why I had to have the windows replaced!

Luckily, my husband was still around at that time. He was a retired Union carpenter so he knew a few things about construction and a lot about dry rot!

One teenager started out at $25 an hour. Then it was $30. Then it was $35. Then he wanted $50. I dropped him and his father as well. The father was driving him around in his truck going from one job to the next. He sat in the truck while his son did the yard work! Don't 'cha wish your life had been oh so easy?

I hope some one replies but I'm not optimistic.

Thank you for your help. I will cover up that tuber out there. I guess I find compost at Ace Hardware? There is one of those not far from where I live.

Thanks again!

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What to do with Dahlias? [View all] CountAllVotes Jul 2022 OP
Depends on your climate. TygrBright Jul 2022 #1
I don't have a basement CountAllVotes Jul 2022 #4
Sure, if you can be sure they won't get frozen there. n/t TygrBright Jul 2022 #8
First of all, Bayard Jul 2022 #2
The landscaper is ... CountAllVotes Jul 2022 #3
So sorry to hear of your troubles Bayard Jul 2022 #5
I'm in the pacific northwest of Calif. on the coast CountAllVotes Jul 2022 #6
That's a pretty mild climate then Bayard Jul 2022 #9
I'm lucky the teen place took me! CountAllVotes Jul 2022 #10
$60 will often do for a month CountAllVotes Jul 2022 #7
A final answer re: the dahlias CountAllVotes Aug 2022 #11
I was stupid! CountAllVotes Aug 2022 #12
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