Work, work, workity-work work. And that was my 9-6 job, NOT the garden!
I could barely keep up with weeding and mowing the yard, and got my park management mad enough at me that they sent in their goon squad to hack things down. They "trimmed" a bamboo as if it were a hedge, including "topping" it about half-way up! (I'd like to "top" the park manager and she how SHE flourishes after being cut in half. At least my little Fargesia rufa WILL come back over the next few years. But he is going to look STRANGE when he puts out a "top-knot" that's twice as tall as the rest of his "haircut".
At the same time, they trampled a big Hosta underfoot, and sheared off a big chunk of a Knockout rose bush because it overhung a sidewalk that went from nowhere to nowhere ... but a cranky neighbor complained. About roses facing her house.
And they STOLE both my compost heaps!!
Oh, well. Don't make beds if you can't keep them weeded, and your neighbors like to make trouble.
Modern neighborhoods seem to be all about Big Brother conformity and small people throwing their "power" around.
No room for messiness OR fresh food.
