Ya know, five hours seems like a lot of time to spend on yardwork. 9:30am-12noon and 8:30-11pm. Take what I can get,it seem like I only scratched the surface of what needs to be done, though. :-S What was I saying about biting off more than I could handle this spring??? yeah... The cool thing is that I got a lot of the boring work done yesterday. Mowing the grass (although I did the back in the dark and there are two places I completely MISSED...go figure), weeding, watering straw bales, raking.
The unpleasant chore still waiting deals with three partial compost bins...little stinky, but basically I need to dump them and sieve out the bits that need to go back in and back, and then brew up some compost tea to work the rich good stuff into the straw bales. Inching closer to when I can plant them! *Hopefully* I will be better on task next spring and I will get all of this started in March and not the end of May!
I lost a batch of petunias and the green sweet potato vines, but I think I can get replacements...or not worry about it, which might be the better plan. I also got some pictures, but I can't find the magic transfer cord, so I'll have to see about uploading them later.
This morning, there are about 30 plants that are prepped and waiting patiently for me on the porch...purple asparagus, blue passion flower vines, scarlet bee balm, wintergreen, chocolate vine, goji berries, honeyberries, and yes, even an apple tree. Yes, I'll have to wait a couple more years, but edibles galore! I am so excited about all of this! Fitting it all into what space is left...hmmm. (Hopefully Beloved won't read this until AFTER I have plotted everything. :P)
Other two goals for the day:
* clean the bathrooms! oiy. I don't *mind* bathrooms, but I think I am the only person in the household who does clean them, and I have been out of commission for about 2 weeks. Little scary.
* finish washing laundry! I think 3-4 loads and it will be all clean. Then I can add it to the 3-4 loads that need to be folded (making about 8 loads of folding), and add THAT to the 3-4 loads that are in reasonable piles that need to be put away (12 loads total). That breaks down to 3 loads per person per week for clothes, towels, bedding. That's pretty reasonable, isn't it? How long before I can put a step-stool next to the washer and let the kids wash their own clothes, towels, and bedding? *sigh* Yeah, probably too long. *laughs*
I am presuming that Girl will not complain too much about either helping or going into her room and tearing all the books off the shelves...but my fingers are crossed!
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