Gardening and the Long Weekend
There is something about a long holiday weekend that makes you want to get out into the garden. Of course, now I am a bit sore.
This is certainly not my favorite job. My arms usually end up feeling like jelly by the time I am done, but it only takes a couple of hours at the very most and then I don't have to worry about it again until next year.
Luckily, the weather cooperated perfectly this weekend, with temperatures barely breaking into the 70's. In years past, I have had to sweat it out in 90 degree temps, grumbling the entire time. Rosanne and Joe were also out visiting Nonna so it seemed like a great time to get it done. I put my iPod on and listened to podcasts the entire time I worked. That also made the time pass quickly. Nothing like getting a little knowledge while you do physical labor.
As I was finishing up the raking my neighbor stopped by to ask if he might take some limbs off a cedar tree that border our properties. It seems it was leaking sap badly and ruining the finish on his car. I really like these neighbors, they have helped us out many times in the past, so I had no problem with this. In fact, since the tree was crowding out some others and really didn't look that good, I thought we might just remove the entire tree. This is part of the on-going "editing" that has to be done here, thanks to the previous owner's dramatic over-planting.
After looking at the tree for a while, though, we realized it was too big of a job for us. We didn't have big enough ladders to reach the top and might end up injuring ourselves. So, it is time to pull out the checkbook and bring in the tree company, again. This is one expense I don't really begrudge as most of our trees are well beyond my ability to trim or remove. Still, it does get expensive.
Now that the azaleas are trimmed, I can see where the weeds have taken over the various paths, so now it is time to do a little digging and mulching to neaten that area and start the prep for our Italian guests (arriving in mid-July) and our big summer party.
This is certainly not my favorite job. My arms usually end up feeling like jelly by the time I am done, but it only takes a couple of hours at the very most and then I don't have to worry about it again until next year.
Luckily, the weather cooperated perfectly this weekend, with temperatures barely breaking into the 70's. In years past, I have had to sweat it out in 90 degree temps, grumbling the entire time. Rosanne and Joe were also out visiting Nonna so it seemed like a great time to get it done. I put my iPod on and listened to podcasts the entire time I worked. That also made the time pass quickly. Nothing like getting a little knowledge while you do physical labor.
As I was finishing up the raking my neighbor stopped by to ask if he might take some limbs off a cedar tree that border our properties. It seems it was leaking sap badly and ruining the finish on his car. I really like these neighbors, they have helped us out many times in the past, so I had no problem with this. In fact, since the tree was crowding out some others and really didn't look that good, I thought we might just remove the entire tree. This is part of the on-going "editing" that has to be done here, thanks to the previous owner's dramatic over-planting.
After looking at the tree for a while, though, we realized it was too big of a job for us. We didn't have big enough ladders to reach the top and might end up injuring ourselves. So, it is time to pull out the checkbook and bring in the tree company, again. This is one expense I don't really begrudge as most of our trees are well beyond my ability to trim or remove. Still, it does get expensive.
Now that the azaleas are trimmed, I can see where the weeds have taken over the various paths, so now it is time to do a little digging and mulching to neaten that area and start the prep for our Italian guests (arriving in mid-July) and our big summer party.
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