Mr. Diep, My lawn man/ Carlos Pueblo

Mr. Diep, My lawn man/ Carlos Pueblo

Sunday morning, Mr. Diep came to mow the yard which was overdue for

4 weeks. First, he used the ring edger to edge the out growing part and

blew them back to inside of the yard. Finally, he used a regular lawn mower

to finish the job with a grass catcher, 3 bags. He could not use his commercial

lawn mower due to the size would not fit all three gates to the back yard. Nor

he had had a helper, his Mexican helper went back home for some reasons.

We have had Mr. Diep, An America Vietnamese, for our lawn man for quite

some time. Yancy referred his oversea Vietnam Chinese lawn man for us in

the 80’s to solve our basic lawn care, then, the small business had changed

hands several time until him. He would come to mow the yard every other week

yet lately postponed to three or four weeks each time. I don’t mind at all yet you

can feel the growing speed of the lawn especially after summer rain.

It is very unique that this subdivision home owners pay so much attention to their

lawn care matter. You can see the automatic sprinkler almost daily for some, weekly

lawn mow for some, and adding fertilizer in the spring etc. which are done by their

lawn men or special lawn care companies.  We enjoy very much while walking around

our subdivision every morning and see every different style of yard and garden in our

neighborhood.

I think that I myself can do my own lawn care business. In 2000 and 2001, I did manage

to sell two rental houses for the kids college education. I bought a new set of lawn

care equipment, a new lawn mower, an edger, and a gas blower. It took about 15

months to get rid of both houses and I did mow the yard weekly. Fortunately, both

houses were vacant separately and continually one after another. It was out of Mr. Diep’s

working range. I did have some kind of achievement feeling when both houses sold in

a presentable condition especially the yards.

I like to keep the mulch on the ground; however, Mr. Diep likes to clean it up to a bag

and through it away. I guess that makes the yard looking clean and organized. Of course,

the ground cannot be benefit from the old mulch to enrich the root. I don’t like to

criticize him because he has done a good job for me and solve my home care duty for some

long time. Sine we moved to Del Monte new house, he has helped me twice for my house

chore, one time removed a big piece of new carpet from the garage attic and the other one,

helping me to level a tree stump near by a fence.