Gardeners, Yardsmen and -women,
as Carol doesn't give you some entertainment, i will try this time.
Please don't complain about some work you have to do in your gardens between May and October
Some time ago i started planting chilly peppers and local hot peppers in flower pots. They line up alongside my house
in Trini. They want water almost everyday. They get mites and want spraying insecticides. They need a particular fertilizer every now and again, at least when they go in the next bigger size pot.
And yes, they need weeding, too.
As if that wasn't enough, my wife said she wanted a lime tree. So we have that now, too. Same as above. Fertilizer, anti-mites-treatment etc.
And my wife likes cherries, too. So we have a small cherry tree. That one is behaving so far
Now we had some other things before. Julie Mango tree in the yard in Trini, needs trimming, branches hanging over the roof. Orange tree in Tobago. Had tons of fruits and needed trimming, branches in the driveway. Tangerine tree in Tobago, tons of fruits here too. Needed trimming, was growing too tall, impossible to pick all fruits.
Well, Julie Mango in Tobago, too. Will need my attention this weekend. Trimming and, hopefully picking of the first
Julies of the season.
Grand Michele Banana plants ... they mostly fall over in a storm, before the fruits get ripe, and damage something like water pipes or whatever stands in the way.
Coconut tree in Tobago ... i can't climb up there so watch out when you walk through my yard
Fortunately no coconut tree in Trinidad. If my wife starts with THAT, she will get a divorce
And my gardener in Tobago says, we should plant one more Julie Mango, one more Orange and a grape fruit tree ... but he never helps me picking, trimming etc.
Oh. i almost forget, the Chives and the Rosemary need to go in bigger size pots this weekend. Or whenever.
And i wanted to go fishing this weekend .......
You see, allyou have NOTHING to complain with your gardens in Europe, covered with snow for months.
Have a garden or two in the Tropics, and you don't need another job anymore
Greetings from Trinidad,
Andy
(finally) and too busy to post .
I guess as long as I can still get down on my hands and knees to do this I shouldn't complain too much. Besides it gives me an excuse to have an icy martini or two to ease my aching back and muscles 
