A fellow blogger had me chuckling this morning and I had to share - check out Graham Chapple's blog for his blossoming business Garden4You - his account of slaving away during yesterday's torrential downpour (I opted for black coffee rather than venture the 50 yards to the shop for milk) is hilarious.
Once suspects you need a sense of humour to be making a successful career out of gardening this time of the year. What you certainly need is the kind of vision and committment that Graham has in spades (sorry, I'll try and trim back the gardening puns. Darn it; done it again!) and of course the can do attitude which is essential when faced with a garden where your client clearly didn't.
I'm writing about Graham for the December edition of the Newbury Business News (out on the 7th December) and you too will see how downright excited he is about doing a job that many of us see as a chore designed to interfere with the weekend! It is that very fact that makes his services so in demand.
Although reading his latest blog entry which he has dubbed 'Extreme Gardening' I wonder if he has any regrets telling me: "As for working outside, I love it. Having spent years sat in offices and cars travelling the length and breadth of the country, to be working outdoors all the time is great. With today's modern fabrics and clothing you are pretty much protected from the elements so it really doesn't matter to me."
Mmm... Really? I'm glad it mattered enough to blog about!
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I just thought I would show that such great waterproofs really work - even in such extreme conditions....well they did until a very nasty rose thorn caught the back of my waterproof trousers and ripped the bum out. Unfortunatly, with the MP3 player going at high volume to The Chemical Brothers, I didn't hear it rip, I just felt a large wet patch appear. First thoughts were that it was an age thing, but then I saw the rose bush with a tell tale green PVC snippet. Then I faced the reality of a wet bum for the rest of the day, followed by a trip to Scats to replace at £20 a pair!
I just thought I would show that such great waterproofs really work - even in such extreme conditions....well they did until a very nasty rose thorn caught the back of my waterproof trousers and ripped the bum out. Unfortunatly, with the MP3 player going at high volume to The Chemical Brothers, I didn't hear it rip, I just felt a large wet patch appear. First thoughts were that it was an age thing, but then I saw the rose bush with a tell tale green PVC snippet. Then I faced the reality of a wet bum for the rest of the day, followed by a trip to Scats to replace at £20 a pair!
Hi Nigel
Thank you for your kind words and thanks for helping with my blogging difficulties this afternoon.
When I figure it out, I will add a link to your blog, on mine!
See you soon
Richard
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