Do you find it hard to dig your garden now you are older?

Question

An old man lived alone in the country. He wanted to dig
his potato garden but it was very hard work as the ground was hard. His only son Fred, who used to help him, was in prison.
The old man wrote a letter to his son and described his predicament:

Dear Fred,
I am feeling pretty bad because it looks like I won't
be able to plant my potato garden this year.. I'm just getting too old to be digging up a garden plot. If you were here, all my troubles would be over. I know you would dig the plot for me.
Love,
Dad

A few days later he received a letter from his son:

Dear Dad,
For heaven's sake Dad, don't dig up that garden!
That's where I buried the BODIES.
Love,
Fred

At 4 am the next morning, FBI agents and local police
arrived and dug up the entire area without finding any ! bodies. They
apologized to the old man and left.

That same day the old man received another letter from his son:

Dear Dad,
Go ahead and plant the potatoes now. That's the best I could do under the circumstances.
Love,
Fred

Answer 1

I will have to try that for the wife, if I get my youngest sent to prison for fiddling his social security payments and not paying maintenance for all his illegitimate kids Me and the eldest could try it, it would save her a lot of work, give her a bit more time for housework and selling the spuds down the pub would pay for a pint or two do you think our local CID would fall for it? maybe no harm in trying, your a star Sylvia Dee so I will give you one (A star I mean)

Answer 2

And the Academy Award goes to.......YOU !!!, for a really funny post that is oh so something I can relate to! I have no garden where I live, but the house that I care for has a nice yard that seems to be sinking & whenever I water, some spots just seem to have an underground connection to a sewer, cuz the water never pools up where I leave the hose! The entire south side of the property is sinking & now the street has started to crack too! The cement patio in the rear yard has completly sunk & resembles a wading pool! I often wonder if the bones I find in the garden are human or animal in nature. I just know they're BIG, so I put them aside when I find them. The trees seem to have an unknown water source on that side of the property! I don't have anyone in prison to talk so, so I just use the internet & hope someone can understand things that I don't! Getting hit on the head has some drawbacks as I get older.

Answer 3

I have seen the joke before. I think it is a good one. But back to digging in my garden. Yes, it's harder every year. But I thank God every day that I get to play with the flowers instead of stare at the roots!

Answer 4

Love that.The old ones are best!
Some years ago we decided that we wouldnot be able to keep the gaerden"under" so we covered the earth with builders plastic and put pea beach stones on that.Now we pay someone to to mow the grass.We can sit back and enjoy
the neat and tidy garden.

Answer 5

Very good. Reminds me of that joke some one told here where the old guy called the cops to complain about a prowler and they said they didn't have any cars available. Ten minutes later he calls them again and says somebody just murdered somebody out front. Within 5 minutes he had forty squad cars in the front of his yard. When the Captain said there wasn't any murder committed, why did he call, the old guy said I thought you didn't have any cars available?

Answer 6

LOL.

Glad I made the decision a few years ago to move into a Condo complex so I don't have to worry about dointg yard work and gardening.

Answer 7

LOL......that's cute! I can't dig in mine. It's as hard as a rock. My dad has a roto-tiller but it's such a monster neither me or my husband can handle the thing. The neighbor came and did it for me this year....then ended up needing tripple bi-bass surgery 2 days later. Talk about feeling horrible........thank heavens I didn't have to make it a memorial garden.

Answer 8

Chuckles!!! I'm going to need my potato bed dug in the spring too. It's harder to do in the spring because I'm so out of shape from sitting around all winter.

Answer 9

That was very funny! LOL
Yes, the ground here is so hard we have to use a tiller. My husband made one out of parts from 2 other old tillers. I'd never used one and he let me try it and it was dragging me all over, so I was digging my feet in and trying to hang on. I was totally disappointed in my abilities, until my husband remembered later that he'd forgot to put the 'drag bar' on it! After that it worked just fine. lol

Answer 10

Big chuckle! My flower beds are full of small roots. My daughters fiancee has helped a lot in the last year with planting more sago palms.