Great day for yard work…
Well, today was a beautiful day. Since we got most of our shopping and errands done yesterday, we were free to work on home projects. So once I caught up on email and entered the books it was out to the yard to clean up. We managed in half-hour bouts to get most of the leaves off the ground by the side of the house and along the retaining wall of the side yard. We pulled a lot of weeds too.
We also managed to pull a lot of poison ivy plants from an area about eight feet by ten feet. Before we did that, I had to pull on my elbow length gardening gloves. After that bit of weeding it was into the house change, shower with Burt’s Bees Farmer’s Friend Poison Ivy Bar Soap. I had three or four rounds of poison ivy last year and I’m hoping to keep on top of it this year — not get it and manage to clear more of our land from the vile stuff. It’s been moving closer and closer to the cleared area of the side yard, orchard, and house. We need to get it back from where we spend our time.
We managed to get quite a bit done before I was to sore and tired. Hubby tries to keep me down to half-hour work limits so I don’t overdue. I’m always let’s just do this one more bit and then the next day I can’t get out of bed or move. So, he’s right. I’ve been doing much better but the short periods of hard labor and then resting are much easier to take. Even though he tends to do more.
Today it was in the 90’s and so far we managed not to turn on the air conditioning. We did turn on the fans in the living room though to mix the air. It was great. But now it’s thundering out and I think I hear the pitter-pat of rain on the windows. So we may not get to finish the side yard tomorrow if the leaves are all wet.