Private Property Page #4

Hi.

Me again.

I found those people

I was looking for

clear over on Morten Drive

and they gave me a week's work,

and I finished it in half a clay, so I...

...I wondered if you had

any work for a landscape artist.

We have a gardener.

-Oh.

Well, how about specialty stuff?

Pruning, transplanting.

Well, he does it all.

Hmm. I bet he's Mexican.

No, he's Japanese.

-Oh, really?

Most of the guys up here

are Mexican,

they know tropical stuff,

but they're not too good on,

well, roses...

the better class of things.

He's very good.

May I point something out

to you, please?

You see that ivy?

It's falling apart.

No, really,

you can check with your man,

he's probably planning to do

some work on it.

But I could do it

in a half hour,

would only cost you 50 cents.

Well, I'll ask my husband.

That's very kind of you.

I'm trying to set up

a business route.

Well, if you change your mind,

I'll be back about lunchtime.

You needn't bother.

Oh, no.

No bother.

Where is she going, huh?

Hmm.

She needs help

with her spray can.

Her what?

Wait here.

Who is it?

Hi.

Hi, you left the side door open.

I rang around the front door,

there's nobody home.

Remember I said

I'll be back about lunchtime.

You told me I might have

a job with the roses,

I'm trying to set up

a business around here.

Hey, you don't wanna go

too heavy on that stuff.

What is it?

-Black Banner.

Oh, wow.

You know you can burn

the leaves with this stuff.

And another thing,

you wanna stand down wind,

you don't wanna breathe

in these,

it's got arsenic.

I got some in my eye.

You better bathe it.

It's better now.

I know the proper distance

and the proper amount.

You don't wanna get

rose bugs all over you.

Ugh.

Yeah, ugh.

You see,

you wanna get in

at the tender part.

Is this crabgrass,

these carrot things?

Well, I'll tell you one thing,

you can't spray that stuff.

You got to pull them out

by the roots.

You want me to do it for you?

How long would it take?

Hmm, half hour.

Cost you a dollar.

See, I get two dollars an hour

for my services.

How cheap can you get?

Well, you might as well

rake out the rose beds

while you're at it.

That olive tree seems

to shed all over the place,

but it never bears any olives.

Well, it's because

that's a male.

See, that one over there,

that's a female.

He gives her the message

and she gives him the olives.

Well, there's a bamboo rake

in the garage.

Would you like some lemonade?

I'm dry as a big old bone.

Why don't you go rest

in the shade?

Thank you.

Mmm.

Is it sweet enough?

Well, it hits the spot.

Did you plant the roses

by yourself?

Some of them.

Hmm.

You know, you put Helen Traubel

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