Men and women are so different.
We think completely different.
This leads to a tale …
A tragic tale that began a few days ago.
I was cutting grass and I realized our bushes were WAY out of control!
I had branches growing through our front railings.
No self-respecting southerner could have that, so I thought to myself, “Hmmm. I need to get the hand clippers out and cut back some of this jungle.”
Folks, that is a lot of work with hand clippers! I am too chicken to use a REAL clipper — electric or gas operated.
So, I had the bright idea to see if one of my husband’s employees could TRIM our bushes one day when it was too wet to work.
Little did I know that my husband (being a MAN) told him to give them a REALLY GOOD cut! He meant, shave them!
Well, being the obedient employee that he is — Roger shaved my bushes!
Here it is almost June. Do you think these will come back? Uh … I’m not thinking so. Ladies, NO WOMAN WOULD HAVE DONE THIS TO A BUSH!
Ok, take a deep breath. It is SHOCKING!
Even a beautiful Princess can’t help the look of these ridiculously shaven bushes. He cut off most of the green leaves and left me a nice crop of STICKS AND BRANCHES. 
If I painted them with the right shade of green, do you think anyone would notice? Oh look, he left me about 15 leaves in the middle here so nobody would notice the big brown ugly spot.
Next time, I’ll just do it myself.
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Good Morning!
You post sure made me smile today-wonderful!
Your little Princess is so cute!!
Hugs and blessings.
Smiling!
Oh girl..I can relate to this one. Funny thing is that hubby just did our Burning Bushes on Friday…I held my breath,lol.
they should come back actually…they just got a 'buzz cut'..but it will grow back..
You are so right Beth. I guess on Mars the bushes have no leaves and on Venus they are lush and green.
LOL
Teresa (Howard) McClenny
Oh, dear… perhaps I should take photos of my lawn & you will feel better, looks like the same person who did your bushes whacked at my lawn last night… I get to fix it today… urg.
That is sooo like men! Maybe with all the rain we've had, they will grow back quickly. 🙂
We had our landscape guy "trim" our bushes & tree's last weekend ~ oh girl, if I hadn't come out, they would be looking so bad. However, one tree, unfortunately, he did completely butcher – right in front of our house. It looks sad!! 🙁
It's a man thing. The first time I asked my husband to do ours, I had very little green anywhere left. Now I just shut my eyes and let him go at it since we moved to Florida. BTW, many of my bushes look just like yours because of the frosts we had. THey are not back yet@
If I've learned anything, it is that if you want anything done right, do it yourself. I don't even bother asking Dwight to do stuff anymore because he has no clue. Although I will say I have done a few of my bushes the same way, on purpose, but they were in the back of the house.
I'm not from the south, but I can feel your pain. My hubby did this to our bushes and I suffered for a year looking at the sticks. Just this spring they finally filled in.
Oh my gosh, Beth! That is worse than I expected. I can so relate b/c my husband crew cuts ours too. I do think w/ all the rain, that maybe they have a chance of being green again before fall! LOL! So sorry. (obedient!) Men…
Remember The Chia Pet? That's what it reminds me of. 🙂 Thanks for the little chuckle this morning. I'm feeling your pain.
Oh dear, such a severe hair cut. Being a Christian and a gardener I live in hope, and I HOPE that your hedge will come back bold and beautiful and green.
I have seen overtrimmed bushes that seem to think, yikes, I am under attack and they come back better than ever!
oh my… I will be praying that you get some leaves on there ASAP!
Ha!! Thats funny!! Hope you are doing Great: )
Smiling really big right now, lol
Oh honey…
If you need help spray painting them green, let me know!
On the brighter side, your baby girl is too adorable.
this is soo funny….I think terri's right…it's a guy thing. And hey….way to go on the weight loss.
O Beth, my husband did this once with our Azalea bushes in the front just before they were to bloom. They were full of beautiful buds….would have been beautiful…needless to say….no pretty flowers that year.
YaYa
I drove by your house today and didn't even notice. Yikes!
Oh my you made me laugh! But I think that they will fill back up. It might be next year but they should! 🙂
Oh No! Bryan just trimmed all of our bushes by hand and they turned out gorgeous! Do you want to borrow him next time? He's a perfectionist and has quite the green thumb…LOL! I hope they grow back!
so funny. my hubby doesn't actually trust me with anything to do with plants, trees or bushes.
this is what ours would look like if I tried to trim them. Poor girl! Maybe you'll get some green back by the end of summer? And I do think the beautiful princess helped at least a little! 🙂
Lou
Looks like they are well rounded. And on the bright side, won't need trimming for a good long while. But next year, they will look fabulous! 🙂