Green thumb?
The annual fight with the yard is about to begin.
I say that somewhat begrudgingly, because it should have, and I guess, did, begin with a few skirmishes, that judging by the looks of things, I lost.
So tomorrow we regroup and start over.
It finally dried up enough that I was able to mow the lawn at church today. I enjoy doing that...it's good exercise and I get to people watch. It takes all kinds to make a world, and when you're right by the library, you get to see all kinds of people.
There are street people, drug addicts (saw a guy that hadn't had any for a while...he couldn't sit still while waiting for the bus), young families, grandmas with kids, ladies getting their walk on during their lunch hour, old guys on bikes, old guys in wheelchairs and scooters, and the list goes on and on.
Tomorrow, though, there will be no people watching.
I started getting ready for summer about ten days ago. It took me ten days to drain the pool. I had to this year...I sucked 30 gallons of algae and muck out of the bottom of it this morning. Filled the shop vac twice. This gunk had the consistency of mud. It was a mess. It's less of a mess now.
I've tilled the little garden. It's ready to go. I've yet to till the big one, but it's been completely turned over with the plow. It gets tilled, then leveled out, then plowed again.
I raised the crown on the apricot tree this year, too. The branches will make their way to the green waste. So will, I'm sure, about six bags of grass clippings. I prepped for the war tomorrow in advance by buying a new tire for my dump cart. Tomorrow, I get to use the compost I made two years ago. It's going into the little garden via the dump cart. Then everything I raked out of said garden areas is going to where the compost pile was, and we start the whole thing over again.
When the water evaporates out of what was the algae goo, it's going in the compost pile. I also have two buckets of goo that have been sitting on the porch for a month. It used to be stuff in jars that spoiled. It's gonna be the stuff that's gonna heat up the compost pile. Goo, brown stuff, grass clippings, and dirt. A recipe for compost if I have ever heard one.
Tomorrow is shaping up to be another trip to Tractor Supply. I love TSC. So glad they moved to Utah and there's one closer than the IFA and CAL Ranch. And they have stuff I need. My fan belt for the mower deck should be in stock tomorrow. As tall as the back 40 grass is, I'm gonna need it tomorrow.
I fixed the seeder. I no longer want the new and shiny one I saw at TSC. I read the reviews online and it's a cheap imitation of the old/busted one I have. They make parts. I will buy parts and keep it from the weather from now on. I found room for it in the garage, now that it's not a storage shed for other people's stuff. I glued the thing back together with JB weld.
Hopefully it lasts.
After the mowing, raking, tilling, and what-not...then it's time to plant. It's just me these days. I'm gonna be busy for the next little while.
Rome wasn't conquered in a day and neither will the back yard. I need to remember that. It's easy to look at the mess and get discouraged...and just do nothing. Doing nothing isn't an option, though. If the corn grows this year, there will be some to share. Same with beans, carrots, onions, and stuff that should have been planted a month ago, before the monsoons came.
With the mild winters, though, I'm thinkin' that later is gonna be OK for the root crops.
Well, gonna try and get some sleep. If you're not busy tomorrow, and you wanna be, you know the address....
I say that somewhat begrudgingly, because it should have, and I guess, did, begin with a few skirmishes, that judging by the looks of things, I lost.
So tomorrow we regroup and start over.
It finally dried up enough that I was able to mow the lawn at church today. I enjoy doing that...it's good exercise and I get to people watch. It takes all kinds to make a world, and when you're right by the library, you get to see all kinds of people.
There are street people, drug addicts (saw a guy that hadn't had any for a while...he couldn't sit still while waiting for the bus), young families, grandmas with kids, ladies getting their walk on during their lunch hour, old guys on bikes, old guys in wheelchairs and scooters, and the list goes on and on.
Tomorrow, though, there will be no people watching.
I started getting ready for summer about ten days ago. It took me ten days to drain the pool. I had to this year...I sucked 30 gallons of algae and muck out of the bottom of it this morning. Filled the shop vac twice. This gunk had the consistency of mud. It was a mess. It's less of a mess now.
I've tilled the little garden. It's ready to go. I've yet to till the big one, but it's been completely turned over with the plow. It gets tilled, then leveled out, then plowed again.
I raised the crown on the apricot tree this year, too. The branches will make their way to the green waste. So will, I'm sure, about six bags of grass clippings. I prepped for the war tomorrow in advance by buying a new tire for my dump cart. Tomorrow, I get to use the compost I made two years ago. It's going into the little garden via the dump cart. Then everything I raked out of said garden areas is going to where the compost pile was, and we start the whole thing over again.
When the water evaporates out of what was the algae goo, it's going in the compost pile. I also have two buckets of goo that have been sitting on the porch for a month. It used to be stuff in jars that spoiled. It's gonna be the stuff that's gonna heat up the compost pile. Goo, brown stuff, grass clippings, and dirt. A recipe for compost if I have ever heard one.
Tomorrow is shaping up to be another trip to Tractor Supply. I love TSC. So glad they moved to Utah and there's one closer than the IFA and CAL Ranch. And they have stuff I need. My fan belt for the mower deck should be in stock tomorrow. As tall as the back 40 grass is, I'm gonna need it tomorrow.
I fixed the seeder. I no longer want the new and shiny one I saw at TSC. I read the reviews online and it's a cheap imitation of the old/busted one I have. They make parts. I will buy parts and keep it from the weather from now on. I found room for it in the garage, now that it's not a storage shed for other people's stuff. I glued the thing back together with JB weld.
Hopefully it lasts.
After the mowing, raking, tilling, and what-not...then it's time to plant. It's just me these days. I'm gonna be busy for the next little while.
Rome wasn't conquered in a day and neither will the back yard. I need to remember that. It's easy to look at the mess and get discouraged...and just do nothing. Doing nothing isn't an option, though. If the corn grows this year, there will be some to share. Same with beans, carrots, onions, and stuff that should have been planted a month ago, before the monsoons came.
With the mild winters, though, I'm thinkin' that later is gonna be OK for the root crops.
Well, gonna try and get some sleep. If you're not busy tomorrow, and you wanna be, you know the address....
A familiar tail Coop, best of luck with it!
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