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    And not just any skank...but a green-thumbed queen skank . Last weekend, I mentioned to Patty Smyth that I was planting a row of cedar. She had offered to come over to give me some gardening and design advice. She first showed up Sunday morning while I was still stumbling around wiping the sleep from my eyes . What I thought was only going to be a morning of walking through the yard and maybe a trip to a gardening center or two, turned out to be a three-day gardening marathon. I never imagined I would learn so much and that we would get so much done. Patty puts the energizer bunny to shame!

    This is how it first all started. For years I had been meaning to plant a row of cedar to cover the length of fencing on one side of the house. I finally got my butt in gear and made it happen last Saturday.

    14 Thuya Smaragd. They grow to 5m high and 1m wide and pretty much keep their shape without looking like a regular cedar hedge. I can't wait for them to fill in.
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    Skank Power set to Max....


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    way to go skank!

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    Excellent! It's great that Patty was able to help you get your gardening going The trees look great as well

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    Patty decided right away that a garden was needed on either side of the front entrance. Little did I know that she was going to do it all by herself. I'm not even sure she knew at first but then I took the whip came out and she got started, lol.

    I had a lonely rose bush on one side. Patty dug up a trench to install the border, turned over dirt, and shoveled in 2 yards of soil. She transplanted some lovely dark green hostas that I had hidden in another corner garden. We picked up some 'Summer Music' hostas which she planted around the rose bush. Rudbeckia Herbstone was planted by the wall. She also put in a Thuya Smaragd on either side next to the house.
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    On the other side, Patty gave my Dogwood a good pruning and removed a Burning Bush because it was hidden by the faster growing Dogwood. She replaced it with another Thuya and put in some Hostas that she brought from home (Patty, I forget what kind they are?). Also planted were some Echinacea (again I forget what kind ).
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    pics. came out great

    p.s. I am filing a lawsuit as we speak I have blue toe, bruised from all the edging(unless I tripped over my own 2 feet ) lol

    took me a while to realize that no amount of soap and scrubbing was going to wash it off

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    Ack, the photos are appearing backwards .

    And no, I didn't just stand around watching Patty work, lol. For another soon-to-be garden in the center of the yard, Patty helped me choose a dwarf Alberta Spruce (Rainbow's End) to replace a different kind I already had growing (she was just transplanted to another side of the yard), 2x Miscanthus Nippon grass, a Viburnum Trilobum, a Dogwood (different variety from what I have up near the house), and a Lindon Greenspire tree. The Burning Bush that she dug up was also transplanted here.

    I'll be digging this area up within the next couple of days and maybe planting a few more small trees. Patty says that eventually, it will all be a garden (hope that means she intends on spending all of next Spring/Summer here, lol).
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    I forgot to mention, not only did she also rake a bunch of gravel, she also pruned a good 60' length of trees.

    Patty, I don't know what I did to deserve all your help but, I owe you big time and I love you dearly for your friendship and generous spirit . A million thanks to my skanky pal.
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    oh skank gardening, looks awesome

    Patty, come over and do my house haha.

    Snuff, your house is beautiful to start with, it's going to look amazing when everything fills in!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patty Smyth View Post
    p.s. I am filing a lawsuit as we speak I have blue toe, bruised from all the edging(unless I tripped over my own 2 feet ) lol

    took me a while to realize that no amount of soap and scrubbing was going to wash it off
    Lol!

    Good luck on the lawsuit...the gardening center got all my money .
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    lot of work but it also look like you had lot of fun

    WTG skanky girls
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    and we are not done yet
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    Quote Originally Posted by Patty Smyth View Post
    and we are not done yet
    While I'm crazy excited that we're going to continue this, my shoulders and back are screaming out all sorts of skanky names at you, lol.

    I'll be sure to post many more photos as we progress .
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