I feel for you, really I do , but that is such a funny story! Thankfully beautyberry is a really tuff plant and should bounce back quickly, growing bigger and better then it was before.

Beautyberry can take a heavy pruning. It'll probably be healthier in the long run.

Earlier this week I was out of town for work. My wife sent me a text message that said, "I watered your tomato plants for you."

I wanted to text back something like, "Are you nuts?"

But instead, I wrote, "Thanks, honey!"

A happy wife = a happy life.

I am NOT telling him that!
These were the first berries and they didn't get to turn colors or anything! I just GOT this plant at the last plant swap! It was doing so well.

Ironically, they now match the purple Porterweed that my husband weed-whacked because, as he said, "I didn't remember it being there last time I weed-whacked, so I thought it was a weed."

Can't even fire them because they're not being paid. LOL!

LOL! I have to choke back like that, too. But on the fly, it just... flew.

I almost forgot! I shocked the pool on Saturday. Hubby took the grand kids out to swim on Sunday. I almost jumped through the window when I saw them... all three of them... using their hands to splash pool water on my nearby plants. I whipped the door open and said, "What are you... Don't DO that! Do you even... ARGGH! ... Kevin, that's pool water... UGH!... I just shocked the pool! What are you thinking? I'm gonna puke!!!"

That happened.

Oh my gosh, I have so many Beauty Berry Bushes to give away, say the word..., they do come back very well though. My third lawn guy just weed whacked a hole in one of my water lily pots, I tried patching it up but water is trickling out the side as we speak. GRRR

I have been meaning to ask how your water pots were doing!

I'll see how these recover, but if I need to I'll take you up on your offer. Such a treat to see your yard anyway!

I had a cool looking wildflower that was just starting to bud up. I just happened to look out my window and see my husband mow it down. I didn't have the heart to say anything to him. He usually leaves them alone. I guess because it was near the trellis he felt compelled to mow over it. Thankfully there is another one growing nearby.

I'll pot some for you just in case. If you didn't get a a Reed Orchid, I potted one up. Keep me posted.

Lol! On the plus side, those things are crazy tough. I have a patch where I DON"T want them that I can't get rid of no matter what I do, including whacking them all off.

This morning over coffee, he says, "Do you wanna walk over there and see the damage to your Berry thingies?"

I said, "No. I can see it from here."

I love giving him a hard time!

I feel your pain! That is the reason why I do all the mowing & weed-whacking in our yard. Hubby is blind as a bat, & even tho he is responsible for encouraging me to garden in the 1st place, he seems to have no idea that I'd like to KEEP flowers or what is & is not a weed.

I've also learned not to let stuff like that bother me for very long ; if something gets eliminated, that means I have more room for something new...

Bridget-Girl
That story is priceless.

I can just imagine Emma's face. She'll probably be hearing "Are you nuts?" a couple more times during Joe's visit.

Be sure and keep us in the loop as other smh-type stuff occurs. . .

And let me know when you're going to Dawn's - I'd love to have you stop by here for your gingers, too!

Susie

Ok, am I the only one that doesn't know what smh stand for? :o)

Katkin,

I'm sure you are not alone! SMH = shaking my head

Carol

Did some yard work today. I was on the riding mower while hubby was trimming. I drove over to him and asked him to please unlock the back gate so I could mow what we jokingly refer to as "the back 40."

He carried his *still running* trimmer over to the gate, tried to do the combination lock with his left hand, then grumbled and swung the trimmer around behind him to use his other hand... in the process, he gave my Crape Myrtle a "trim."

I'm not even kidding.

I'm glad I was reading this at home and not work because I let out a loud laugh at your hubbys lastest antic!

I think it is easier to forgive innocent mistakes. When you pay someone the big bucks and it ends up costing you more money... because lawn guy rode his mower too close to my lily garden and put a gash in the pot, then ran over part of the irrigation system and instead of my yard getting watered on Saturday, a huge geyser erupted in the back yard. I had just finished digging through the composted cow manure with all the dead tadpoles to transplant my water lily, when Ol Faithful went off. There was no water pressure to water the yard, so I tried to plug up the broken pipe and just ended shooting water up my nose. I did more than shake my head.

Kara, I'm trying to laugh... Succeeding most of the time!

Dawn, I have nothing witty to say. We have a mini-geyser in our yard and I have no idea when the hubby will get around to fixing it! I've had water shoot up my nose and they can keep it!

Kara, I'm trying to laugh... Succeeding most of the time!

Dawn, I have nothing witty to say. We have a mini-geyser in our yard and I have no idea when the hubby will get around to fixing it! I've had water shoot up my nose and they can keep it!

I don't have a hubby but I do have both my brother and Dad. And they've both done some interesting things over the years. One year my dad decided to be helpful and trimmed mom's huge rosemary bush. He trimmed it back so much that the poor thing went into shock and died. Now he's not allowed to go near the replacement plant. Any time he gets out the loppers, the axe, or his chain saw mom and I keep a close eye on him. Both to make sure he doesn't trim on something he shouldn't and to make sure he doesn't damage himself. It's not as bad now that he's been baned from climbing the trees with his chain saw!

Another time my brother and I were helping dad trim some trees on the back property. Dad was operating the chain saw and my brother and I were supposed to keep the branches from damaging the fence. Well, Dad was cutting off a pretty big but low branch that went right over the fence. As he finished cutting through the branch for some unknown reason my brother let go and I ended up taking all of the weight. Both my inner arms were covered in bruises and scrapes after that! But the fence was undamaged.