Bit of a long shot but can anyone recommend a gardener in the Birchington, Kent area that would be willing to help out with my mums garden.
She has been using several guys over the last year or two and paying around the £10.00 per hour mark but she cannot seem to get anyone reliable.
Its a very small garden at the rear, a few flower beds in the front and a large flower bed on the side, 4 hours a month is enough so there is not a lot of money to be made, we just want reliability.
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Thanks for all the suggestions though, she is going to look in the newsagents window again as there are a few advertising who are local.
Mate of mine - not had him do my garden so can't recommend based on his work, but I do know he's not the type to not turn up etc!
Believe it or not there are folk in this world who do kindnesses for old folk if their reatives aren't around, as would seem the case here. And anyway Mike isn't asking for charity you wassock!
Hope you can find someone to help you and your Mum out Mike....I know what a worry it is when you can't be there as often as you'd like to look after an elderly parent.
I don't think I've said anything wrong but the forums prudes are out in force today.
We have a gardener for our resident common areas and Birchington is quite close so I asked him about it. Basically he's saying that no gardener is going to travel and pay out fuel costs to get somewhere to earn what would be a very small sum of money. Plus be careful about how much info you divulge in newsagents windows etc. Sadly, older people living on their own can be targets for the thieves and vagabonds. If there are other people in similar circumstances, then it might be best to form a small group so that a gardener can be offered an afternoons work. I really hope you find someone, I know it's the sort of thing that is important to more elderly people.
You make a smutty, sexual remark about someone you don't knows 87 year old mum, and then you question that person's ability as a son because he is unable to do her garden (for what could be a host of different reasons that are none of your business). What part of that conversation do you see as acceptable ?
The intolerance and rudeness of people to fellow posters has gone through the roof lately. Pathetic, absolutely pathetic. Beginning to hate my own site. Its currently incontrolable because there are too many people that don't a sh*t about anything other than themselves.
Not having it any longer, and if that means having to get rid of 100, 200 whatever odd people that have no respect for how we want this forum to operate, or for their fellow posters, then that looks like what we are going to have to do. Clearly asking nicely and issuing warnings has no impact whatsoever. Absolute joke.
I see plenty of smutty remarks on here and disrespectful comments on various subjects. As I said I don't always agree with peoples view but put up with them as we are all different.
In this instance I agree, in light of your explanation, that I have overstepped the mark and apologise to eaststandmike for causing offence.
No offence was intended, I got it wrong. that thin line between banter and rudeness has been crossed.
I hope I can still contribute to the serious and lighthearted threads ?