When I came home from volunteering, I had a bag of groceries, but I stopped to catch up with a few gals by the mailboxes. Katya saw me through the glass door and freaked out. I let her in and she told me the rototiller guy was going to come at 6p and it was almost time and I needed to hurry. I gave her the $7.35 I owed her for the garden rent, but she was frantic that I come to the garden.
I put away my groceries, changed clothes, grabbed the tools-in-a-trash-bin-on-wheels and went to the garden. Tiller Dude was doing his thing, Gregori was supervising and Katya was pacing around my garden plot (formerly hers).
I still don't know what was so urgent. I thought perhaps the garden shed had been unlocked and all of my stuff was in the way since I was the last one to put my stuff in. I thought maybe others were waiting for me, but there was no one else in the garden. The shed was still locked.
Katya pointed at the rhubarb in my plot. I'd split the rhubarb patch that was there, moved a few plants to her plot and transplanted the rest into a different part of my plot. For some reason, this tweaked her and she wasn't sure if I was OK with it. The rhubarb in my plot was fine. There was a circular conversation about the rhubarb that I don't understand, but eventually she went away.
Gregori doesn't stand well. I got him a chair to sit in. He saw me use my awesome new Husky 2-in-1 ultra thin pocket knife with folding 5" serrated blade and said I looked like a bandit. We talked about the tattoo on my calf that I got in Thailand and how beautiful Thailand is and how much he hates my tattoos and pierced nose. He couldn't even figure out what my Thai tattoo is, so I pointed out the lotus flowers and the vines. It's not colored, so sometimes people don't see it right away.
While we were talking, Sofia come out, said something to Gregori, then looked at me and said "Why are you showing your body to my husband?" Whoops. I explained and I think she got it. We joked a bit about me being a bandit and they both told me how much they don't like my tattoos.
Sofia gave me the business card of the Tiller Dude we've been expecting for over a week now. She asked if I would call him, explain she hired someone else and tell him to not come. Her English is pretty good, but she doesn't hear well, so the phone is difficult. No problem.
Gregori was getting tired. Tilling took longer than he expected.. Gregori needed to pay the guy, then put up the stakes to mark the plot boundaries. Sofia asked me to help him. No problem.
Tiller Dude finished. Gregori paid him, unlocked the shed, and dug around inside for stakes to mark the boundaries.
Katya popped up. She started digging through the shed, pulling things out, throwing them on the ground. None of it was hers. Last year she stole things from the shed when it was first opened so I started to worry. She was as frantic as she was when she told me I needed to go to the garden. I asked her what she was doing. First she said she was helping me. Then she said she was helping Gregori. Then she said she was getting her things out, but I pointed out that none of the stuff she pulled was hers. I guess it's over-stimulation. She wanted to be right in the middle of the action. I got her to go inside.
Mr Hu joined us. Gregori supervised my measuring and Mr Hu pounded in the stakes.
I had enough time to put up a few border stakes and my outside fence (it's open to the park on 3 sides). The sun was down and it started to rain.
All of the good stuff I added to the plot has been tilled in. All of my structure stuff is garden-side. Alums and carrots are ready to go in the ground. very happy.
I put away my groceries, changed clothes, grabbed the tools-in-a-trash-bin-on-wheels and went to the garden. Tiller Dude was doing his thing, Gregori was supervising and Katya was pacing around my garden plot (formerly hers).
I still don't know what was so urgent. I thought perhaps the garden shed had been unlocked and all of my stuff was in the way since I was the last one to put my stuff in. I thought maybe others were waiting for me, but there was no one else in the garden. The shed was still locked.
Katya pointed at the rhubarb in my plot. I'd split the rhubarb patch that was there, moved a few plants to her plot and transplanted the rest into a different part of my plot. For some reason, this tweaked her and she wasn't sure if I was OK with it. The rhubarb in my plot was fine. There was a circular conversation about the rhubarb that I don't understand, but eventually she went away.
Gregori doesn't stand well. I got him a chair to sit in. He saw me use my awesome new Husky 2-in-1 ultra thin pocket knife with folding 5" serrated blade and said I looked like a bandit. We talked about the tattoo on my calf that I got in Thailand and how beautiful Thailand is and how much he hates my tattoos and pierced nose. He couldn't even figure out what my Thai tattoo is, so I pointed out the lotus flowers and the vines. It's not colored, so sometimes people don't see it right away.
While we were talking, Sofia come out, said something to Gregori, then looked at me and said "Why are you showing your body to my husband?" Whoops. I explained and I think she got it. We joked a bit about me being a bandit and they both told me how much they don't like my tattoos.
Sofia gave me the business card of the Tiller Dude we've been expecting for over a week now. She asked if I would call him, explain she hired someone else and tell him to not come. Her English is pretty good, but she doesn't hear well, so the phone is difficult. No problem.
Gregori was getting tired. Tilling took longer than he expected.. Gregori needed to pay the guy, then put up the stakes to mark the plot boundaries. Sofia asked me to help him. No problem.
Tiller Dude finished. Gregori paid him, unlocked the shed, and dug around inside for stakes to mark the boundaries.
Katya popped up. She started digging through the shed, pulling things out, throwing them on the ground. None of it was hers. Last year she stole things from the shed when it was first opened so I started to worry. She was as frantic as she was when she told me I needed to go to the garden. I asked her what she was doing. First she said she was helping me. Then she said she was helping Gregori. Then she said she was getting her things out, but I pointed out that none of the stuff she pulled was hers. I guess it's over-stimulation. She wanted to be right in the middle of the action. I got her to go inside.
Mr Hu joined us. Gregori supervised my measuring and Mr Hu pounded in the stakes.
I had enough time to put up a few border stakes and my outside fence (it's open to the park on 3 sides). The sun was down and it started to rain.
All of the good stuff I added to the plot has been tilled in. All of my structure stuff is garden-side. Alums and carrots are ready to go in the ground. very happy.
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