As I got home on Friday afternoon, I saw our “Weed Man” lawn service out there doing their standard weed-killing thing on the disaster which is our front lawn. A man’s gotta know his limitations, and I’m willing to pay someone money to apply fertilizer and weed treatments rather than wait for myself to (never) do it.
All was well, until a couple of hours later when it began to drizzle. Which it did on and off during the weekend. And the service invoice left on our front door said, of course, to not water the lawn for twenty-four hours.
So I sent an e-mail to them at the provided address, suggesting that this might be a problem and waiting to see what they suggest.
HELLO MR HILL
THE TREATMENT OF CRABGRASS CONTROL WILL BE FINE. THE WEED CONTROL MAY BE AFFECTED BUT IF THERE WAS AT LEAST AN HOUR OF DRYING TIME IT SHOULD BE OK. IF THE WEEDS DO NOT GO AWAY GIVE US A CALL BACK AND WE WILL RE APPLY.
Which is not the “We’ll be back out on Tuesday” I was hoping for (if that was needed) but was neither silence nor a “We’ve already been out there, that’s all you paid for” brush-off.
So I’ll monitor the weeds and see how it goes. And then we’ll see if “Promises Kept” is just a fancy motto.