Keeping it real: the garden

We have days when we feel that our house is falling apart. Some days, we think our yard is falling apart.

This year, we decided to expand our garden from from one box to two boxes. But in order to expand, we needed to have a tree stump and a pole removed.

Carl from A New Leaf Tree Service quoted us $175 for the job.

Little did we know that the pole would be near-impossible to remove (it was grounded in cement).

Five minutes after arriving at our home, the stump was removed.

Four hours later, the pole was not removed. Rather, Carl did his best--he was able to turn it a bury it deep enough so that our garden could be planted on top of it.

Carl said that he earned every penny. We agree.