This has been spring cleaning week.  When I was gone in early May, Dirk managed to keep things roughly under control, and when he was gone in early April and late May I did a couple of projects and reined in the disaster after… but we haven’t both been home and paid attention to the necessities of home maintenance and upkeep much at all.  Although ( Read more... )

So far this weekend, I've done a lot of catching up from being away, and general maintenance.  That meant weeding - which was primarily not actually "weeds" but a billion tiny mustard plants left over from letting last year's mustard crop go to seed.  The entire "greens" section of the patio beds was more mustard than the (kale, chard, spinach, etc ( Read more... )