Actually I was edging a large flower bed—clay soil—with a camping spade. My husband kept saying the flat edging shovel was better but this one has a point and it’s easier to drive it into the soil. Hasn’t been touched in a few years. When I’d dig down, I’d hit a wandering tree root from the nearby maple, so there was a lot of prying up roots and cutting them off too, also cutting spreading feeder roots. Took forever. My Senior Sneakers class paid off tho—I had the strength to do it. Just exhaling on the exertion increases strength.
Then spent over an hour pruning a peach tree. I know it’s the wrong time of year but it was a jungle up there. Ended up with 3 large barrels of stuff. I cut everything into 12” lengths—holds more that way.
The reason my husband doesn’t do it is back problems but I’d rather do it my way anyway. :)
This morning cleaned the fridge and the bottom shelf made me crazy. I would rather be out digging! :)
Never did catch up on all these threads—maybe later today.
I've been pulling up Virgina Creeper. The stuff is everywhere. And wild roses. Darn thorny things. Took out all but one white one and left 2 pink ones too.
The worst is the weeds. The gardens haven't been taken care of for years so I'm finding all kinds of flowersbeds that were overgrown with weeds. Discovered a rosebush in the lawn too. Looks like there was a rosebed there at one time. The poor thing has been repeatedly mowed. I even found some lemon balm and spearmint. It's going to take a long time to clean up these gardens and keep them clear.