A full day yesterday ....
Got the roof treated with Wet & Forget .... ladder, hoses, cutting off tree branches hanging over the roof .... not hard, but not easy. Took up most of the morning.
Watered everything in the front: boxwoods, hanging ferns, hostas & lavender (still to be planted).
Mowed the back 2/3 of the acreage. Mom was picking up tree debris on the front third. She was worn out (trailer full, not through yet) & said if this happens every time we have a windstorm she “can’t take it”. We had ‘not normal’ wind - almost had a tornado, then high wind warnings for 2 days, gusts up to 60 - that will knock down some limbs & leaves.
Back to the T-post project: Got in 2 more last night & they should be the last 2. There is a post the neighbor put in that is making things worse for that section of fence. The ‘knobs’ are towards us so one of these days, I’ll wire a 2x4 & see if I can jack it out & reset. The gnats came out while I was doing the posts - I HATE those things .... had to go get my bug head net to be able to work.
It got hazy in the afternoon & the smell of smoke was in the air so I guess that was compliments of the Canadian wildfires.
This morning, I watered all the raised beds. The lantana I put in a big pot is taking off & starting to get more blooms - it had 2 when I got it so I could tell the color. Even mom noticed it was growing (I used one of her pots - replaced the artificial flowers she had in them).
Headed for the barn lean-to to move out my washtubs/stand to the pole shed for painting. After that, I’ll work on the lean-to, hauling debris down to a hole under the fence that needs filling up. I moved enough debris yesterday that I could get Clyde parked under the lean-to .... with the truck & the golf cart in the barn, I was having to move one of them to get Clyde out for mowing. I’ll likely shovel mulch (in the shade) to cover the dirt in the lean-to & start mowing the rest of the place 4-5:00. The rotten peach tree really pi$$ed me off (in the way) while mowing so I might just cut that down today, too.
Last Sunday, I gave my cousin’s wife some ‘tips’ (because I’m such an “expert”/NOT LOL!) on trapping groundhogs. She’s got one that’s eaten a row of her beans & is defeating all efforts to protect what is left. She texted me last night, all excited: “Caught one!” We’re hoping it’s the ‘bean eater’. I’ll be curious to see if she used my ‘tips’ - prior to catching this one, she’d had no luck for weeks.
No trouble falling asleep last night - working outside all day is good for insomnia. :-)
Here, we’ve had loud thunder much of the night. Uuhhhhh - Am I going to be dragging today... :-(