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Sunday, busy Sunday.
Apr. 23rd, 2006 06:59 pmToday, I have helped boy fill four 32gal trash bags with winter creeper and russian olive clippings. I hate throwing vegetable matter into landfills, but invasive alien flora is NOT going to go into my compost pile or over the back fence. Boy gathered all the Euonymous clippings from the front bushes. I trimmed the tall grass around the flower/herb beds with kitchen shears (easier for me). Jericho observed.
And I rested a LOT in between armfuls, tasks, etc. I'm covered in itchies since I'm allergic to nature. Boy's going to go out there and test the mower we bought back in February.
I'm trying to decide between turning over the tomato bed (which will have beans, squash, and corn this year) or cleaning the bathroom. I'm pretty sure the bathroom will win. I don't have energy for either one, but both tasks are urgent.
Things to do when I can wile away cash from boy:
• build driveway edging with landscape timber and rebar. I have to pull out the rest of the winter creeper and russian olive to do that. I also have to aggressively trim the azalea. Fortunately, I have at least one interested party for azalea clippings. Anyone local who wants clippings should let me know--you'll have to figure out how to root them yourself. I'll also be pruning the quince. Must order a truckload of gravel.
• build a raised bed for the tomatoes. I'm sick of having my mounded bed. I want something with a defined edge. This is more urgent than the driveway.
• build square frames from lumber and chickenwire to lean against each other (zip tie) for temporary shrub protection for the mountain laurel and virginia sweetspire. Possibly also for the cedar/juniper saplings that boy wants to save.
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• edge the newer flower bed. Create and edge a bed for the pineapple sage, since it's a behemoth herb of doom (maybe a raised bed?). Need a truckbed of mulch. Will beg neighbor or![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nannar for trip to Ivy Landfill (both have offered).
And I rested a LOT in between armfuls, tasks, etc. I'm covered in itchies since I'm allergic to nature. Boy's going to go out there and test the mower we bought back in February.
I'm trying to decide between turning over the tomato bed (which will have beans, squash, and corn this year) or cleaning the bathroom. I'm pretty sure the bathroom will win. I don't have energy for either one, but both tasks are urgent.
Things to do when I can wile away cash from boy:
• build driveway edging with landscape timber and rebar. I have to pull out the rest of the winter creeper and russian olive to do that. I also have to aggressively trim the azalea. Fortunately, I have at least one interested party for azalea clippings. Anyone local who wants clippings should let me know--you'll have to figure out how to root them yourself. I'll also be pruning the quince. Must order a truckload of gravel.
• build a raised bed for the tomatoes. I'm sick of having my mounded bed. I want something with a defined edge. This is more urgent than the driveway.
• build square frames from lumber and chickenwire to lean against each other (zip tie) for temporary shrub protection for the mountain laurel and virginia sweetspire. Possibly also for the cedar/juniper saplings that boy wants to save.
.
• edge the newer flower bed. Create and edge a bed for the pineapple sage, since it's a behemoth herb of doom (maybe a raised bed?). Need a truckbed of mulch. Will beg neighbor or
nannar for trip to Ivy Landfill (both have offered).
