Heidi Alagha encounters some prickly plants working as a landscaper
Landscaping services are in demand in the spring when everything's growing. Heidi Alagha tries to get hired at Action Yard and Tree Services. Will she be hired or fired? After a wet winter in Tucson, Heidi Alagha decided to test her landscaping skills with Action Yard and Tree Services. After taking care of the weeds, she decided to tackle a bigger challenge: digging dead leaves out of an agave plant. After clearing the dead leaves, her supervisors gave her the approval to move on to the next task. After trying her hand as a landscaper, it was up to Action to decide whether she was hired or fired. If you have a job you want to try, send me an email at [email protected].
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TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — After a wet winter here in Tucson, businesses and homeowners may be looking to clean up some overgrowth in their yards. That's the reason I decided to suit up, and see about putting my own landscaping skills to the test with Action Yard and Tree Services.
After suiting up in Action's bright yellow uniform shirts, I started small and got to weeding:
After taking care of the weeds, a bigger challenge—digging dead leaves out of an agave plant.
With gloves on, it was easy just to dig in—and there were a lot of dead leaves to pull out.
Once all the dead leaves were cleared, I got the stamp of approval to move on to the next task.
But even the gloves weren't enough for a bigger challenge—snipping the trunks of a sotol, or 'desert spoon.'
I had to call in some back up:
Next, It was on to a new task, because the trees weren't about to trim themselves:
My supervisors gave me an easy task to round out my shift—using a blower to clear the area of dirt and dust.
So after trying my hand as a landscaper, it was up to Action to decide whether I was hired or fired. The verdict?
After getting fired, there wasn't much left for me to do but watch them clean up my mess.
If you have a job you want me to try, send me an email at [email protected].