Garden dirt
filling 2017/Carlos Pueblo
There are
three rolls of garden lot design around our house,
one each
around the building edge of the front and back and
one each on
the back yard fence on the east and south. Usually
Amy would
purchase several bags of garden soil and mulch
spreading on
the top for several purpose. I was from a rural
area in
Taiwan and could not understand why the need of money
to purchase
garden soil. Two years ago, I did purchase 12 cubic
yard of top
soil to prevent the loss of lawn due to corrosion of
lawn soil by
rain. I do not see the significant change; however, I
can’t argue
with her on her concern of the garden after my visits
to Frankfurt
and Berlin and witness those beautiful gardens.
After
consulting with her church friend, she ordered 2 yards each
of top soil
and mulch with delivery and spreading labor cost. Her
friend’s
husband advised that I should be present and watching the
work till
done. It is a small soil company that the owner drives his
own dump
truck and three workers arriving with another pick up
company
owned. Later I learned that smaller job would be delivered
with that
pick up separately 2 yards at a time. One worker named
Cowboy shoveled
the soil to a wheelbarrow, then a second worker Bo
moved it to
the third worker Michael and spread to the lot. We were
appreciated
to the owner of hiring them to work even though they were
slow yet
were good workers.
After a
brief lunch break, they came back to finish both soils for the front,
top soil at
the bottom and mulch applying on the top. We needed additional
load for the
back yard and the owner agreed to do the job on the next day.
We paid the
amount for the day’s job and should pay the same amount for
the next
day. On the second day, Michael didn’t show up for work; therefore
Cowboy
decided to bring in Bo’s wife as the third worker in charge of shoveling
and Cowboy
replaced Michael as the spreader, later he went back to shovel
and Bo’s
wife move the wheelbarrow while Bo spreading. Cowboy used to be
the dump
truck driver and is familiar with the business. Amy was very impressed
of his hard
working habit and gave him a handsome tip. He mentioned to Amy’s
friend that
he was suffering with a stoke a couple years ago and was not sure if
he could
return for next year’s job. He is 63 younger than me.
I asked
sever neighbors about how to improve our garden just like theirs. Recently
Many of
neighbors’ front yards are full of spring blooming, azalea, camellia, New
York magnolia,
and roses etc. which make home gardens very pretty.
