• Lawn & Landscape
casual endeavor. At some point in the
property’s history the top soils were
removed and sold, leaving a few measly
inches of sod to cover a wasteland of
infertile gravel. Mrs. Banks amended
that soil bucket by bucket, using
cow manure from a neighbor’s herd.
Similarly, this describes the laborious
way in which she watered. Once a
kindly neighborhood plumber was so
impressed with her efforts (and perhaps
sympathetic to her presumably aching
back) that he donated a water pump
to her garden’s good use. Suffice it to
say, Ellie Banks has not been known to
rest on her laurels. According to her
husband Jo, Banks was “best known
from the rear,” so often bent at the
waist in a position of weeding.
• Design Installation & Maintenance
• Stone Work
• Caretaking & 24/7 Al