Just a note because I know you will all understand my pain.

Here's another tree story. Near where the Japanese Maple was planted, I planted

a California Bay Laurel Tree. I have fresh bay leaves whenever I want them. When we got our RV, DH wanted it sitting as far back into the property as possible, so it would not be an eye sore to any of the neighbors. So, since the Bay tree was mature, nicely filled out, part of it was in the way of the RV when he backed in. So he took his cutting tool and gave the tree a good swipe to remove all the branches on that one side. I almost had a heart attack the next time we moved the RV up to the house to load it, and I saw the naked side of the tree.
We have long sold the RV but the tree has not recovered from the damage.

It is like loosing an old friend, when you loose a beautiful tree you planted and took loving care of. Now I have an old friend that is damaged but still giving me those fragrant leaves on the other three sides.

 
Well said Traca, I was wondering that myself. A young man goes into the yard care

business but has no clue what plants he is dealing with! My dad once told me NEVER hire anyone to take care of your home or property who does not own his own home and take care of his yard. Dad said that person has no clue what it takes to keep a home well maintained. Of course, that was after I hired a cute female cadet at the police department where I worked to take care of our home, yard and kitties for ten days. Came home to find all my hanging plants on the patio dead, and found out my kitty had been left outside on 110 degree days. She was a great cadet, did good work, and was trusted. NOT with my home, however. Lesson learned!
An in case you are wondering when she came to pick up her money, I gave her the choice of replacing all my plants or declining the pay she thought she earned. She declined the pay.

 
We had a beautiful hibiscus just outside of our kitchen window . The squirrels

would use it to jump to the bird feeder. I complained about those squirrels constantly. We were having dinner one night and, once again, I was complaining about the squirrels. Mike put his fork down, went down to the basement, got his chain saw and leveled the hibiscus. He came back into the dining room, picked up his fork and very calmly said "Happy, now?"!!

 
That's too bad about those two for sure. But the rest should recover

pretty well. Basil can sometimes go woody this time of year so maybe he did you a favor--looking on the brighter side.

 
Many years ago I had a gardening business. We didn't do lawn care--just flower beds mostly

and landscaping. Some prospective clients would scoff at my hourly rate for maintenance because it was so much more than the lawn maintenance guys. I wish I had your story at the time to illustrate the difference!

 
My sad story.

When I was younger, I went over to a friend's house. Her mother had a beautiful ivy plant sitting on the coffee table.
I commented on how nice it was and she told me she started it with ivy that was in her wedding bouquet. I just loved that idea. When I got married, I did the same thing. After the wedding, I carefully rooted it and planted it in a pot. It grew into quite a nice plant.
When we bought our house in San Diego, I transplanted it to the small garden area outside of one of our windows. It grew up the side of the house and framed the window. We had a new set of gardeners and they tore it all out and disposed of it. I did realize it for a few days and by that time the trash had already gone out to the dump. I still get a stomach ache to this day. Ugh.

 
oh my gosh!!! now that is sad. my friend also started a plant with her wedding ivy. she gave me

some to put into my wedding flowers. I started a plant with that start, but it didn't do so well. then she had a housesitter that forgot to water her's, and that is now gone too.

 
We got an ivy plant as a housewarming gift. I planted it in our backyard near some stairs, It grew

so nicely and covered up all the not-so-nice looking spots on the steps and retaining walls.

Then the drought hit. smileys/frown.gif I pulled to last of it out at the beginning of summer.

 
Isn't it funny how attached we get to our plants. I left behind

so many plants in our move from San Diego to MO. I kick myself now that I didn't take cuttings, but it was such a crazy time that I didn't think of it. I had so many orchids, cacti and succulents. Oh well. Live and learn.

 
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