tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post2595682405355106958..comments2024-03-16T21:27:00.457+00:00Comments on Friko's World: Self-Preservation Or How To Please All Of The PeopleFrikohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90981202939102077672013-09-23T21:24:14.148+01:002013-09-23T21:24:14.148+01:00ah -- that makes a good deal of sense, having two ...ah -- that makes a good deal of sense, having two gardeners... one who does it right and now and one who is just part of your life, shares a good tale and perhaps does only what he can. I know however it will work out, you will find the way to make it work out right. Doing it right -- I think that's just what you will do.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-35581869368317985752013-09-22T19:40:24.595+01:002013-09-22T19:40:24.595+01:00A ticklish process, this transition, and I think y...A ticklish process, this transition, and I think you are handling it well. Gardener must know he can't do everything now, but this way he gets to keep his pride in his work.<br /><br />I love his stories of the old days, though I wouldn't have wanted to live like that, and concur with you that if it weren't for the incomers little would get done in many towns and villages on both Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-72774718519803727542013-09-22T10:31:00.149+01:002013-09-22T10:31:00.149+01:00Hi Friko - now I wish I'd paid more attention ...Hi Friko - now I wish I'd paid more attention to the garden and have spotted said dethroned ivy .. but you have a knack of handling Gardener, and I'm sure he'll be pleased to know he's still needed ... despite the back up. <br /><br />The little town sounds like it has an interesting history .. in a beautiful situation in your Shropshire hills ... I've always wondered what it Hilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-43342883945623654692013-09-22T04:31:28.143+01:002013-09-22T04:31:28.143+01:00Hi Friko, thank you for visiting the Chickens Cons...Hi Friko, thank you for visiting the Chickens Consigliere and for commenting. I love your header and wish you the best of luck with this situation. So far, so good, I think:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12353439161264028452013-09-21T18:41:32.012+01:002013-09-21T18:41:32.012+01:00Can you diplomatically have them both on the same ...Can you diplomatically have them both on the same day so that Gardener can get a sense of his replacement and perhaps offer advice? And Paul can get a sense of Gardener's pride in his work and his reluctance to step back? Sometimes having a young pup around gives new life to an old dog...Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-2732795305967381542013-09-21T15:06:53.488+01:002013-09-21T15:06:53.488+01:00Transitioning is usually fraught with some sort of...Transitioning is usually fraught with some sort of drama....and a need to tread softly - sounds like you have done that well. And your gardens are benefiting from the attention of both Gardener and Paul. Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395890193161794631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-37467283976577484892013-09-21T14:11:59.982+01:002013-09-21T14:11:59.982+01:00Ooh, that's tough. But I think you're han...Ooh, that's tough. But I think you're handling it well. And after all, you DO need to have the work done.Secret Agent Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564690116156754219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-51507521701733423072013-09-21T03:27:52.897+01:002013-09-21T03:27:52.897+01:00Very diplomatic solution!Very diplomatic solution!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86747661598549786852013-09-21T03:27:06.603+01:002013-09-21T03:27:06.603+01:00Very diplomatic solution!Very diplomatic solution!Vicki Lanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08114677510459055768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-13127597833659555122013-09-21T02:37:57.714+01:002013-09-21T02:37:57.714+01:00Nice job Paul did. I hope they can both come and ...Nice job Paul did. I hope they can both come and peace will reign. ;)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-69066975823645133072013-09-21T01:38:22.868+01:002013-09-21T01:38:22.868+01:00Hopefully, Friko, the gardener and his 'backup...Hopefully, Friko, the gardener and his 'backup' are from the same town and not from different town gangs... (from their youth)Rianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472421271620543536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86174707492372588992013-09-20T21:15:35.108+01:002013-09-20T21:15:35.108+01:00A delicate situation well handled I think.
I wish...A delicate situation well handled I think.<br /><br />I wish I could borrow scenery - gardens on this (50yr old) estate are small and back onto each other. However, if I lived eight doors down, my garden would side onto a wonderful (hilly) park area fashioned from the tips of long closed collieries, which, apart from a few 'mown' areas aside the pathway, are freely returned to nature. hyperCRYPTICalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11967085628384237933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-87934235776574252862013-09-20T18:05:53.567+01:002013-09-20T18:05:53.567+01:00Gardener's tales are always welcome.
Good lu...Gardener's tales are always welcome. <br /><br />Good luck with the Gardener Dance!Lorriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653026442945027184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-71640608800498322982013-09-20T16:21:27.245+01:002013-09-20T16:21:27.245+01:00Dear Friko, "gardener's backup" soun...Dear Friko, "gardener's backup" sounds good as does "gardener's helper or intern or associate." Whatever term you use when Gardener #1 first notices more than just the ivy needs to be one that will assuage his sense that he's no longer pulling his full weight in the garden. But then you've always, always, been gentle with his feelings and appreciated his worth Deehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00612299013780771262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-53868112279051589712013-09-20T15:13:07.338+01:002013-09-20T15:13:07.338+01:00The way things are going, Gardener may be Paul'...The way things are going, Gardener may be Paul's backup. Tough to admit, but every gardener knows the time comes when we have to admit something is past its prime even the oldest tree in the garden. Time waits for no man, as Gardener indicates when he remembers his youth. I tell my granddaughters to enjoy the ages they are at present because life goes by in a twinkling. DianneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-76765415567111912152013-09-20T14:45:51.248+01:002013-09-20T14:45:51.248+01:00Difficult ... when I retired from the playschool ,...Difficult ... when I retired from the playschool , however glad I was to be able to put my feet up , I hated leaving "my" children to someone else . But , of course , they survived and thrived without me and I'm delighted that my successor is ... nearly ... as good as me !<br />Gardener will certainly have heard all about the new arrangement from the village so it's probably SmitoniusAndSonatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11210817141287881808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-12998961292239674822013-09-20T13:45:21.661+01:002013-09-20T13:45:21.661+01:00I sure hope he takes kindly to "backup"!...I sure hope he takes kindly to "backup"! <br />Hugs<br />SueAnnSueannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05299288406218968621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-32671958605048067872013-09-20T13:11:11.586+01:002013-09-20T13:11:11.586+01:00I think you are doing the right thing here Friko a...I think you are doing the right thing here Friko and I am sure the gardener will be appreciativeOptimistic Existentialisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11507986337866049924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-11720451992339454902013-09-20T12:14:41.171+01:002013-09-20T12:14:41.171+01:00Seems to me like you are doing this the right way....Seems to me like you are doing this the right way. I think you should keep Gardener 1 and 2 and use olde gardener for light jobs and everything else to Gardner 2. I think they might even like each other. I think you are doing it the right way - and also I think Gardener 1 is full of old stories and who better than you Friko to share them with :)LilliStJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06771499579700164919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-16691779082018205452013-09-20T11:01:28.159+01:002013-09-20T11:01:28.159+01:00Uh oh! Best of luck with that one. But you can o...Uh oh! Best of luck with that one. But you can only do your best and clearly that is what you are doing. Fingers crossed for you:)swefflinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17966574718104896830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-86391597076883710752013-09-20T08:43:32.951+01:002013-09-20T08:43:32.951+01:00mooi hoor ik doe het je nog niet na.mooi hoor ik doe het je nog niet na.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-90204121004597185742013-09-20T07:20:37.690+01:002013-09-20T07:20:37.690+01:00Impossible to please everyone anyway, isn't it...Impossible to please everyone anyway, isn't it, but as long as you introduce Gardener No. 2 so gently to Gardener No. 1 (and Gardener No. 1 knows that he was ill and absent for a long time, and he also knows that he won't get any younger and stronger over the years), it should all go well without unduly hurting anyone's feelings.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-22696361544885772662013-09-20T05:30:51.619+01:002013-09-20T05:30:51.619+01:00I think you and Gardener have a good relationship ...I think you and Gardener have a good relationship and understanding of each other. He will know what you are up and it's my guess he will appreciate it.Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15276284964859313257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-13096343500226047002013-09-20T04:44:41.481+01:002013-09-20T04:44:41.481+01:00I like the idea of "borrowed scenery" wh...I like the idea of "borrowed scenery" which is used a lot in Japanese Gardens. Perhaps my own garden has that element, too, though it is mostly a wild jumble. I've called my irrigation guy twice to come blow out my irrigation lines because our temps are hovering around freezing now. I can't seem to get a reply, so wish I had at least one of your gardeners to help! Barbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984171407726520584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1294026230680025155.post-58211447563199818102013-09-20T04:21:45.740+01:002013-09-20T04:21:45.740+01:00No fistacuffs! Thanks for passing along the sociol...No fistacuffs! Thanks for passing along the sociology info. . . . <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />ALOHA from Honolulu<br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /> =^..^= <3<br /><br /><br />Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.com