All Gone

@DianneN (246452)
United States
November 30, 2017 4:12pm CST
I returned home from a mani/pedi appointment to find lots of shrubs and flowers cut back. The lawn service takes care of most of these for a reason. My husband is electric saw crazy. If I'm not around to supervise, he'd cut the entire woods down and pull out every dried up plant he could find. Well, say goodbye to most of my perennials. In the space of three hours, he ripped from the ground lovely old perennials, roots and all, and whatever foliage was dried up and left to regrow in the spring. He also sawed off the new buds on my rhododendrons and azaleas. I feel like using that electric saw on his neck! Men and their toys. Sigh......
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49 responses
• United States
30 Nov 17
Sorry about your shrubs and perennials but you shouldn't have left him home alone!!
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@WorDazza (15836)
• Manchester, England
1 Dec 17
@TheHorse Clippers and sandpaper. You big old softie! What's wrong with your teeth???
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@TheHorse (203718)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Dec 17
No self-respecting man would get a mani/pedi, if it's what I think it is. That's what clippers and sandpaper are for.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
He refuses to get a mani/pedi, but I will have to make sure he is never home alone again! Drat! I'm still steaming.
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@marguicha (214294)
• Chile
30 Nov 17
That´s when I think that hiding the toy while I´m away would be an idea. Men never find things.
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@marguicha (214294)
• Chile
1 Dec 17
@DianneN Now you know! You can use my knowledge the next time.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
Lol! Now you tell me!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
@marguicha . Many thanks, but there won't be a next time.
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• Eugene, Oregon
30 Nov 17
He must know no more about plants than I do.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
LOL! He says the house is my domain and the yard is his, all his. I say different.
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@JudyEv (323673)
• Rockingham, Australia
30 Nov 17
Electric saws make it easy to cut and slash so men do tend to get carried away with their power. I'm sorry your garden has been desecrated.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
You are right! He's been desecrated, too!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Nov 17
Oh no he cut them all down, maybe you could buy him a cord of wood and tell him to make you a bunch of chop sticks, could keep him busy for a long time.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
Lol! Too late. I used the electric saw on him.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
@fishtiger58 Lol! He can try cutting the cord that's now wound tightly around his neck!
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@fishtiger58 (29823)
• Momence, Illinois
30 Nov 17
@DianneN lol I would say poor guy but maybe next time he will think before he destroys your garden,. Lay in a cord for those desperate times Dianne when he just has to cut something.
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@nela13 (55684)
• Portugal
30 Nov 17
Make sure you will never leave him Home alone again, poor flowers!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
Yes, those poor dormant flowers!!!!!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
@nela13 Nope!
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@nela13 (55684)
• Portugal
1 Dec 17
@DianneN Can he see the difference between flowers and grass?
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@GardenGerty (157027)
• United States
1 Dec 17
I have some stuff he could cut up here, including poison ivy.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
2 Dec 17
I'm sending him right over. Let him have a go at the poison ivy first.
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@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
1 Dec 17
oi hI* wouoodhavehaedthat
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
2 Dec 17
I did!!!! Still do!
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@sishy7 (27169)
• Australia
1 Dec 17
Oh, so sorry to hear that... Did you mean no more of those pretty purple flowers in the picture? I love that photo, your granddaughter's outfit totally match the flowers...
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
2 Dec 17
Those flowers are long gone. They were taking over the area and sidewalk. lol. Those were her pajamas, and they did match those flowers. . Many thanks!
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@Madshadi (8853)
• Brussels, Belgium
1 Dec 17
Poor flowers. He likes his electric saw machine I suppose
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@Madshadi (8853)
• Brussels, Belgium
1 Dec 17
@DianneN good thinking haha
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
He used to like it! I threw it out. lol
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
1 Dec 17
Nooooo! I am glad that my husband does not take care of the garden. I think I would saw on his neck if he would rip from the ground my perennials.
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@LadyDuck (454979)
• Switzerland
2 Dec 17
@DianneN Poor husband. I almost killed our gardener last year, he removed my yellow roses and some black pansies.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
. My husband is headless now!
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
30 Nov 17
right as Marilyn said you made the mistake leaving him alone.Did he get hell from t his.lol
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@amadeo (111956)
• United States
30 Nov 17
@DianneN I can imagine the mumbling t here.You will get over this?
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
@amadeo He's making me dinner. MyLot is helping me cool off.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
He only heard a few choice words. The rest were mumbled under my breath for quite a long time!
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@TheHorse (203718)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Dec 17
I'll stop by with my new chain saw and neaten things up a bit. What kinds of trees do you have?
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
Please do. The shrubs look awful!!! We have a ton of trees of all kinds in the woods - maple, elm, linden, oak, etc. Around the yard we have red maples, a Japanese maple, dogwoods, and a weeping cherry.
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• Peoria, Arizona
1 Dec 17
Just for that, he needs to get you some flowers and give you something nice. Men and their toys, my father was guilty of the same thing. They had pretty rose bushes in their front yard and...he got a little playful. Oh boy.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
Lol! Your father sounds like my hubby!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
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• Peoria, Arizona
1 Dec 17
@DianneN I think most men are cut from the same cloth haha
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@shaggin (71573)
• United States
1 Dec 17
Oh man sounds like my dad! I like my jungle of lilacs hiding the front of my house from the busy road. He likes to cut them below knee level on my sometimes and I hate it! Anytime I planted flowers or anything as a kid he would mow them down even after showing me where to plant them so he wouldn’t
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@shaggin (71573)
• United States
2 Dec 17
@DianneN I seemed to be able to grow things better as a kid then I do now. I think he ruined my luck lol
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
2 Dec 17
Omg! Your dad and my husband are two of a kind. lol I can't tell you how many plants my husband has pulled out over the years. A green thumb he doesn't have!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
2 Dec 17
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@toniganzon (72317)
• Philippines
1 Dec 17
oh please don't. You don't want to have a headless husband!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
Too late. The deed is done.
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@moffittjc (118219)
• Gainesville, Florida
1 Dec 17
It reminds me of a t-shirt I have that says: "Don't blame me...I was left unsupervised!" haha Sorry to hear about your plants. Next time he's not home, take his saw and hide it!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
Lol! There won't be a next time!
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@Hannihar (129095)
• Israel
1 Dec 17
I bet he was proud of what he did and can picture him with a big smile on his face, while you on the other hand want to tear him apart for what did. Will someone wait to fix it when you get back or wait till summer to fix it? I am so sorry Dianne.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
7 Dec 17
@Hannihar He means well, but does pull whoppers like this every once in a while!!! Grrr when that happens. Yes, got to Florida Tuesday. Actually landed at 2:13 PM. Lol! I know that because I had to text my son and brother that we landed safely. Don't kill me, but it is a perfectly sunny, dry, and lovely 82 degrees as a high. I'm emotionally and physically drained, but give me a few days to recoup. Miss that Doodles severely.
@DianneN (246452)
• United States
2 Dec 17
He is clueless in the yard. It will have to wait until we return. I see a lot of time and money being spent at the nursery this coming spring. Ugh!
@Hannihar (129095)
• Israel
3 Dec 17
@DianneN I see that he is clueless after what he did. That is too bad he does not help or just stay out of the garden. So, are you in Florida now and what is the weather like and how are you doing?
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@Happy2BeMe (99426)
• Canada
30 Nov 17
Uggggg you can't leave him alone for a minute...
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
Can you believe it????? Ugh!!!!
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@Happy2BeMe (99426)
• Canada
30 Nov 17
@DianneN men!!
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@kobesbuddy (73903)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Dec 17
@DianneN Jay used his new snow blower on the lowest setting and blew gravel all over our neighbor's yard! Was Penny ever mad:(
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@YrNemo (20272)
30 Nov 17
When I was living in a boarding house, sometimes the sisters (RC) asked me to tidy up the garden, pruning this and that. After they watched me pruning things a few times, they got really frightened and asked me to water the pot plants instead.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
1 Dec 17
@YrNemo We shall see what happens this spring. I hope you are right and the shrubs grow better. Gee, maybe he's on to something!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
30 Nov 17
. I truly don't know why I'm laughing, because I'm still so upset!!!!
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@YrNemo (20272)
1 Dec 17
@DianneN Looking back, I thought I did them a favor really. I swear the flower bushes grew better afterwards to their surprise. I even managed to plant a few cuttings from the roses which I had pruned (again, to their frowns). Quite a few bloomed a few months later, shocking don't you think, considering they were just cuttings! I do feel for you, let hope the perennials will still pop up this coming spring for you. I would cry too if anyone pulls up my precious flowers.
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