I must vent.
I tried to get the new garden fence up LAST year, it involved having the old one torn out, and trying to find supplies for the new one. (The old fencing had turned hot mess, and the ground hogs had “doors”)
Well, after bugging Mr.L with no results, I hired a collage kid to do the tear out. Best $150. I’ve spent in years! Mr.L did help move the old fencing stuff to the edge of the yard though.
That kid got most of the posts in, and the repurposed chain link panels in place - but we were short 4 posts AND garden fence and chicken wire. Covid last spring meant a run on all such things, so we couldn’t finish.
I did find the posts and the fencing after a few months had gone by, BUT it took until TODAY to finally have the last post put in. I don’t get seriously pissed too often, but I was really close over the long delay in Mr.L putting those last posts in. Man!
Now I also have to replace the garden fence on the back end of the garden. Because a few months ago, late on a winters eve, Mr. L saw that a herd of deer were bedded down in the garden (fenced on 3 sides/one end open) and so he crept quietly across the lawn ... then he started hollering like a fiend at the deer. Well he was standing in the unfenced end of the garden - so you know which direction the startled deer ran at! At least I know that my fence took the force of multiple charging deer - but it looks like crap now, and after all this work, I want it to not look like crap. Fortunately for Mr.L he jumped out of the way safely when the deer turned around and came out of the unfenced end.
Oh, and I brought a bitty Honda tiller. I ain’t waiting on help getting the soil turned. Not from Mr. L!
What a visual you painted, I sat here and laughed with tears streaming - Not laughing at your situation, but what a picture - !!!
A woman’s got to do what a woman’s got to do! :)
My Ex rarely lifted a finger to help me with anything; unless it was directly for HIS benefit, of course. Beau is a dream come true on comparison.
With the exception of the 8-year roofing project (a leak in the upstairs ceiling finally lit a fire under his butt) and the now 3-year house painting project, he’s almost always Johnny on the Spot for garden-related things. He likes to eat, LOL!