Hedges

Once again, the hedges are trimmed and neat. The guys do very nice work, and they clean up well (I know what you're thinking but I'm talking about the hedges). It's a crew of three. The eldest seems to be the site foreman. He's been with the company since we started hiring them back in the Oughts (I think). He does the tops of the hedges while standing on a mobile scaffold. The next guy in line is younger and he trims the sides of the hedges. The third guy is youngest and he does the cleaning up.

Neat and trimmed. Our neighbor across the road has a "wild" hedge with a more natural look.

The guy who owned the business retired not long after we started hiring them. The new owner/boss was one of the senior workers on the crew back then. Now that he's the owner, he mostly supervises and/or operates heavy machinery (like when they dug up the garden path a few years ago). The only complaint I have is that he's not very good at regular communication. There are times when I wonder if he's going to show up, or if the business has gone under.

We agreed back in October that he and his crew would do our hedges in early December. So we waited. Christmas came and went, then New Year's. It was just this past Sunday that he emailed to say they would come on Monday. That moved to Tuesday because of the wind we were having. I have remember to be patient. I understand that weather can really mess up his schedule. I've learned over the years that if we wait long enough, he will eventually get to us. Still, it would be nice to get an email or a text in the meantime. I don't want to be petty, but the waiting is the hardest part. See what I did there?