Pillywiggin Postscripts

Hi Ho! It's Off To Work We Go!

4/26/2020

Pillywiggins are headed back to work! Friday afternoon, April 24th, 2020 our Governor eased restrictions to allow landscaping work to resume. After our little happy dance, we were ready to go! Customers already on our wait list will have a Pillywiggin back in their gardens beginning Monday. We can hardly wait!

Yes, we're signing up new customers too!
(Pillywiggins have plenty of garden enchantment to share.)

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Public Health & Safety

Pillywiggins love beautiful blossoms but our primary focus has always been creating and maintaining safe, healthy, environments for people, pets & wildlife. Pillywiggins are gardeners for life & we remain committed to this task. Pillywiggins Garden, LLC will operate within the guidelines of all Federal, State & local mandates to provide essential services to our customers and our community. We are taking every precaution to keep ourselves & others healthy and will strictly adhere to all safety protocols and government mandates currently in place or any that may follow.

Workplace Health & Safety

Pillywiggins mastered the art of social distancing long ago, preferring to go about their business unnoticed, leaving only their gardens behind as proof of their existence. Our business operates much the same way.

Pillywiggins prefer spending their time working in the gardens, not some stuffy office. We conduct most of our business electronically. It reduces our time in the office, it's more efficient, eco-friendly & GREEN! We can exchange project info, landscape designs, estimates, photos & videos online. Invoices are always emailed & multiple electronic payment options are accepted.

Health & Safety On The Job Site

We're no strangers to working & living out in the boonies. We come prepared. Our vehicles are always stocked with First Aid Kits, face masks, gloves, hand sanitizer, wet wipes, bottled water, paper towels & cleansers.
Many of our projects (especially Spring tasks) are completed by one Pillywiggin, just one, using his own tools of trade.
Most of our work sites are vacant this time of year. Feel free to call, text or email us with any questions or instructions. If you are home when we arrive, we will adhere to the 6' social distancing requirement.
Our suppliers are also taking extra safety precautions. Mulch, soil & plant materials will be ordered online & paid for electronically. Materials will be delivered on site and/or loaded onto our trailers without any physical contact between ourselves & our vendors.

For more information on workplace safety, read
"Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19" available online at OSHA.gov.

Psssst. Wanna Buy A Plant?

We don't keep additional plant stock on hand (yet) but we're happy to add on to one of our frequent orders. We purchase Michigan grown plants from Michigan based nurseries. The same trusted brands found elsewhere, available in more sizes & varieties, shipped fresh from our suppliers. Orders usually arrive within a week. Trees, shrubbery or perennials. Tell us what you're looking for, we'll track it down, deliver to your site and plant it for you too!

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Lock-Down Update

4/24/2020

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With all this downtime, you'd think I'd be up to date with the blog. Nope. We have a lot to catch up on! Our spring was off to a great start. Was. Right?!?! The beginning of March we attended the West Michigan Home & Garden Show in Grand Rapids and spent a wonderful weekend with Grandma & Grandpa Pillywiggin on the farm.

And then life was turned upside down by COVID-19. We spent the first week like everyone else... glued to the tube for more information. By the 2nd week we were just glued to the tube. When we finished binge watching "Joe Exotic Tiger King" we knew... TIME TO TURN OFF THE BOOB TUBE!

It was around this time that we received an unexpected gift from one of our customers. A box full of organic meal kits from Sun Basket. Thanks Steve & Jari! This was our first experience with meal delivery kits. Jason & I had a lot of fun preparing these meals together. They were healthy & delicious. Here's a look at what we made.

Sun Basket Meal Kit #1
Turkey Meatball Lettuce Cups w/ Buffalo Sauce

Awesome lunch. A little messy to eat as lettuce wraps but YUMMY! Next time I would serve this dish as a salad.

Sun Basket Meal Kit #2
Hot & Sour Chicken Stir Fry

We made this one for dinner - fabulous! My only suggestion would be to go easy on the hot sauce. Jason used 1/2 of the hot sauce container. That was plenty hot!

Sun Basket Meal Kit #3
Black Bean & Zucchini Tostada w/ Soft Boiled Egg,
Pickled Daikon & Onion Slaw

Another great lunch! We skipped the cilantro and Jason ate all of the soft boiled egg. I'm not an egg girl unless you disguise the yolk.

Sun Basket Meal Kit #4
Chicken Meatza with Mushrooms, Black Olives, Zucchini & Arugula Pesto

This was our least favorite of the 4 dishes. Maybe because it wasn't what we expected? Turns out, Meatza is like a pizza with a ground chicken "crust." It didn't look too appetizing in the making but it tasted good. Jason put the black olives on his half & I put the mushrooms on mine, so that worked out for us. I think this would be an excellent dish IF it had a bread dough crust, more sauce & cheese. :D

We saved the seeds from the organic peppers found in the Hot & Sour Chicken Stir Fry meal kit. They were really tasty peppers so we crossed our fingers and tried to sprout a few with the rest of our garden seeds.

Success! Here's a look at our pepper sprouts.

And our tomatoes!

My First Easter

Easter was different but we made the best of it. We usually go to Grandma & Grandpa Pillywiggins farm for a family gathering. This year we stayed home, pulled a ham from the freezer, fixed our own Easter dinner with the potatoes, carrots & yams and spent the day on the phone. We checked in with our family & friends to wish all a Happy Easter. From the U.P. to Lansing, Florida, Colorado & Oregon all were safe & well. You can't ask for a better Easter than that!

Easter Peeps - I'm The Monkey In The Middle :)

More signs of spring in our gardens and the return of Sand Hill Cranes! I spotted this pair in the field at the end of our road. It looks like one was on the lookout but when I stopped to take their picture they were not interested in me in the slightest.

On the Work Front

As of Friday afternoon, April 24th, 2020, the Governor's "Stay Home Stay Safe" Mandate has been eased to allow landscaping activities to resume. Hooray! Now we can get back to work in your gardens... just as soon as we finish our happy dance!

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Pillywiggins Garden Update

3/31/2020

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We hope you are doing well. We're sorry we're unable to tend to your gardens right now but Pillywiggins have to follow the rules too. We're still available by phone, text or email so feel free to give us a call. Or look us up on our social media if you just want to hang out & chit-chat. Take care friends, we look forward to our next meeting!

Our first blooms for 2020.

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