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My yard waste can is full to the brim and so heavy I can barely move it. This past week, my area had terrific weather for three days and I spent a good two hours or more each day working in the front yard. Today, (Saturday) as I write this, the rain has returned and my body is so very thankful for the much-needed respite.
Last year, I
didn’t do a single thing in the front yard aside from having the lawn mowed and
edged. I had high hopes of getting way more done those three days than I actually
accomplished, but I can only do what I can do. The Mexican wind grass has all
been cut back, weeds have been pulled and the million dead daisy stalks cut
back. Now, that doesn’t sound like a lot, but it required bending…and bending…and
bending. My back isn’t happy today and neither are some of my leg muscles.
There was one
more huge bag of soil amendment to be spread, but I decided to wait until the
next good weather window. This is because the big bed under the Christmas tree
has been invaded by long grass. I’ve purchased a new product, Spruce, that’s supposed
to be deadly only to the weeds upon which it’s sprayed. So, the last thing I
did was to spray Spruce. I’ll see how it works and hope it does its job because
pulling that grass out is very difficult.
I also plan to
load Spruce into my big sprayer and spray the south side of the house. It’s
become one big green mat of weeds. Since I’ve been here for fifty-five years, I’ve
weeded this area time and again. Somehow the weeds return again and again…not
always the same kind, but weeds nonetheless. I could just leave it because I
don’t have to look at that part of the yard, but I feel like I should be a good
neighbor and give my best neighbors something to look at besides weeds.
All in all, I’m
pretty pleased with myself because I kept to my schedule and accomplished a lot…not
as much as I wanted, but a lot. There will be more sunny days and opportunities
for me to continue this hard work providing my body and hands remain in good
enough shape to proceed.