Gonna stop with the “Day 1” and “Day 2” titles … not sure why I did that. Stupid.

I have had this thought for a long time that always sounds great while laying in bed at 1:00 AM or during a flight or during a conference call …

… And that is to start a business (well just me) of simply maintaining landscapes for those people who care enough that plants bloom as expected and don’t look ratty but don’t want to do any deadheading, shearing or dead leafing. I hear a lot of people who freak out in the spring and don’t know what they have to cut down and not cut down so they don’t lose any future blooms. This seems to be most common with those who got the “builder’s landscaping package” which looks good at first but then goes to crap. Also, people aren’t aware of the potential second blooms that are possible or a new flush of foliage that makes all the difference by mid summer.

And most importantly … I DIG DOING THE GRUNT WORK. I’ll credit Tracy Disabato Aust with that. Her “Well Tended Perennial” book changed my whole outlook on things and as cheeseball as it sounds … the pruning/deadheading process is like an art form. Sweet.

Now will people pay for someone to do it – probably not – and that is when I give up. But dammit I still sort of think so in the back of my mind so I ain’t giving up completely.

On a side note … to all one of you who are reading this (thanks Jodi) … going to way upgrade the family camera soon and really want to post a ton of pictures of my adventures this growing season … even photos of what I killed or put in a ridiculously dumb location.

Ciao … and hope Jake sends home Vienna tonight … don’t ask