Welcome!! Now that you have an ally aka-GS on the GJ site!! You need to tell us how old he is!! Reason, turtles & ducks or something more mature for your GS's garden! Oops, I'm in trouble here- turtles are collected by lots of junkers & ducks, well, we all live for Goldenpond's duck stories, have you discovered the conversations side of this forum. It's up at the start of the posts-look to the right & click your mouse on conversations & you can follow the duck tales! If GS is old or young he will love the adventures of the ducks growing up. There are other interesting topics, snakes, & then the serious stuff, when someone is in trouble & needs encouragement, etc. SO hope you can come up with some pics soon of that bed!! Welcome aboard! jan

LOL, Digs, had to laugh at the story of the old chair and morning glories. Tho am sure not the least bit funny at the time. But sounds like your DH is learning and you're winning more than losing these days.
Pop over on Conversation side and tell us what you use to craft, and about your grandson.
And don't forget how much we love photos here. LOL.

hugs, Karen

So good to cya Digs! Enjoyed reading/learning about you, love your sense of humor. The world needs much more of it. Laughing is good for us!

My hubby has been a great help, and hinderance also. Innocently of course. I do not allow him to prune anything now without thorough discussion first. He gets carried away and goes "prune crazy" ..... good thing he doesn't cut hair for a living! Once I had 2 beautiful Hollywood Junipers out front, after he went prune crazy on one of the two, I discovered him in action, and said "You just cut $120 worth off that plant!" ERRRRR So here we had one full juniper, and one with little poodle looking balls on it. Ugh. Had to plant them far apart down in the garden hehe. But he meant well :-)

As to DH helping me, I delegate. Girl, if he comes near me in the garden or kitchen, I start giving him "directions" (see that sounds so much better than "orders"). Looks like he'd learn and stay the heck away, but what can I say, he's been taking directions pretty well for 37 years now? LOL

Health reasons and 2 toddler GSs keep me from gardening like I once did. But I'm thankful that my garden is mature, and doesn't require a lot of maintenance. Living on a hilly property gets my bad knees flared up if I go up and down very much. So I save it for the week after my cortisone injection LOL, then stay on the level decks on main floor rest of the time. Hey, we junkers gotta get out and at least piddle around! :-)

Yes, we are addicted to photos, and if you need any help learning how to upload them or any of that, there are many people on here who are happy to help. That's how I learned.

Hope to see pics of your garden projects soon. Do drop by the Conversations side too. ~tenderlee

Jan welcome to our forum. Ha d to chuckle a bit reading your post. But I do believe I see your DH transforming and learning this trade we have taken up. Your GS seems to have been born to this art. When you gat a chance we would like to see some pix.

Kat

Welcome. Yes, we want to see pictures. The
humor of your post got my morning off to
a good start. Thank you!
Mayme

Thanks for the warm welcome =]. About the pics...ACTUALLY I started this thread with the intent of including a few. Got about halfway thru & remembered they were still in my camera. Took a break to zap them into photobucket & discovered my camera missing. Eeeek!!!

Seems dd borrowed it for her trip to the zoo the other day unbeknownst to me, might I add. She's assured me my pics are safe, lol, so I'll try to get some posted as soon as she returns my camera...maybe tonight or tomorrow. In the meantime, I'll hop on over to the convo side.

blessings,

~digger

Digger I guarantee we totally love you already- selah!!!

There are so many grandchillins on this forum that I am waiting for someone to share a couple of em with me. We are raising the next generation of recyclist (fancy word for garbage pickers).

Best way to train those hubbies is too remind them that garden junk projects put you in a *****very***** romantic mood. Yep, works everytime!!!
Here is a pic of my "willing little helper"! LOLOLOLOL
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Hehehe. Ya'd think after 27 yrs my hubs would be trained!! He will help - if pressed - but grumps and grouses the entire time. (gotta work on the attitude *snicker*) Although I will say, after the latest pond fiasco was over, he said I did a phenomenal job & my falls look professtional!! 'Course they don't but it was nice to hear him say it.

Got six granchilluns here but only three I can readily get my hands on lol. G-son I mentioned is the oldest of dd's three (he's 6) and he's my lil gardenin' buddy...loves to dig in the dirt and make things!

Thanks for sharing the pic of your lil helper. Looks like you've got him trained!! Lol.

lovin' it here,
~digger

p.s. although...I won't REALLY feel welcome til ya sing the "Howdy Doo Welcome Song" (loud and off key)

Yeah, I'm bad...off to cut the grass now (and sneak a peek at the haul hubs is about to take to the dump while he's occupied elsewhere, lol) Always a challenge!!

Oh, I've had a few laughs from this thread. Poodle balls, LOL.

Love the chair/morning glory story! Sounds like something my "helpful" husband might have done. I've trained him out of that kind of "helping" now, though!

Can't wait to see PICS!!!

BTW susiewantsroses...You better keep THAT guy of yours...if he can lay stone during the day and still have the energy to get romantic, he's a keeper! I teased my hubby after a long day of heavy yard work last week with an "offer" and the poor guy about had a heart attack trying to delicately say "not tonight dear, I have a backache!"

Digger, I can just imagine how you felt at the time of the major fiasco! I would have been absolutely LIVID! I'm lucky that my Bob is a fellow curb shopper and dumpster diver. Reading stories like yours really helps me to appreciate him all the more. I think Tennesseetrash's idea of giving him "directions" is a good one. You might want to try putting signs on things that say, "DO NOT THROW OUT UPON PENALTY OF DEATH!," or something similar.

Welcome to a wonderful place full of wonderfully talented and inspiring arteests!

"If form follows function, so much the better. But if not, who cares?"

Love your philosophy! and your sense of humor - so necessary when we're no longer 25 and 100% healthy.

Since my DH just did a run to the dump I had to ask him if he'd "disposed" of any of my treasures. He said if he did he'd do it "sneakily"! LOL He knows better, he's just teasing. I've been "training" him for 43 years now and he still has his weird sense of humor!

Looking forward to seeing pics of your creations. We all love pics - do I sound like a broken record? LOL

Welcome Digger!
Loved your stories.
Great sense of humor!
Keep'em coming!
Especially the photos?

NanaGrandma

Digger, I love your sense of humor and your stories. My HB also doesn't understand my passion for what he calls junk. He sees junk...I see art. A few years ago I wanted to bring home some rusty bistro chars that were in our daughter's yard. He informed me that we weren't going to drag home anymore junk! So a friend and I picked them up in the dark of night, brought them home and I hid them in the bushes hoping he wouldn't see them until I got them painted. No such luck. He found them. Then I found a table to match so I brought it home and hid it under a blanket in the spare bedroom. I nearly had to twist his arm off to get him to tell me he liked them after they were all painted an sitting on our patio.

Nothing to add ...diggery ....... After reading & seeing you --- You are just a the type of person I want as a Neighbor. ...... LOL .. we could fix up our whole block !!! LOL

ahhh, SusieRose, your Hubs...be still my heart!
A man on his hands and knees in the dirt, taking "directions", and SMILIN about it! LOL. whatta guy!

At least I don't have to worry about any of my stuff getting taken to the dump. Its not on the way to the golf course. LOL.

Digs, you are going to have, and be, a whole lotta fun here I think.

hugs, Karen

Welcome, Diggery!
I don't always say much but have been on this forum since it was first formed. Lots of creative and interesting folks here. You will fit right in. Thanks for finally posting!

Can you imagine what it would be like if we all lived on the same street!!! Kinda like those places where entire neighborhoods decorate lavishly at Christmas. We could charge admission and donate to charity! It'd be awesome. Wonder if there are any neighborhoods like that.

QUOTE: Can you imagine what it would be like if we all lived on the same street!!! We could charge admission and donate to charity! It'd be awesome.

WoW, luckygal, that thought just boggles the mind. Mmm...I imagine it would be a bit like toomuchglass's housing project come to life =] ...and exponentially more awesome IRL. Hard to wrap one's mind around all that creativity and ingenuity concentrated in one place, not to mention the giving hearts! What a sweet and gracious thought.

blessings all around,

~digger

P.S. My apologies...left reality for a moment and ran away in my imagination *chuckle*.

I actually came here to say thanks again to all of you for making me feel welcome. The sense of community here is nonpareil.

a rare blessing indeed..

I have to say my DH (Jack) is the best with my passion of collectibles and gardening. If I have an idea with a piece of junk or our gardens, he follows thru for me. Between the two of us, we can always make something work. And, he is the best at FM, GS, and auctions. He always spots something I missed!

What a thread this is!!! I tend to hoard "project materials" and DH seems to think it is a lot of 5rap! So I gotta do the stealth unpacking and stashing...heh heh! And he likes to weed. I had a bunch of volunteers come up on a path and was saying to self"remember to dig those up", but alas, the few times he takes it upon himself to weed...yup, gone!!! Oh and if it rains he feels it is a good time to shut the water system off...but not turn it back on, or tell me it was shut of days ago...This year he has been REALLY getting into the whole garden art thing, which has blown me away!!!We have had enough people coming and seeing our yard and commenting on the garden art for him to have a change of heart!!!ha! He still grumbles about doing stuff in the yard but he does help out and likes the finished product!! Diggery, thanks for the warning about the Pond Fiasco...I think I have a twin DH, and am fair warned!!!lol! As we are going to be working on that this week...hopefully!Oh, and I tend to haul out tools and items...and DH comes along and puts them away, and I spend time looking for that thing I was sure I had put there....and usually it's put back where He thinks it should go, not where I originally stashed it....grrrr. lol!
That's why I don't know whether to call my place: Camp Calamity...or Ranchero Sidetracko!!!!