Lisa made a big dent in clearing the weeds, brush, and other debris from the fence that separates our two properties yesterday.

( Clearing the Way )

Over the past few days, there have been times when the wind wasn't blowing so hard, and Lisa got out and tackled some of the weeds by hand with a Hula-Hoe. This is a lot of hard work.

( Some Progress )

Today's planned task was to continue working on the East Lot, including cutting the larger branches of the cottonwood tree down to burnable size and putting them into the wood box for use next autumn, then putting the smaller branches into to the to-be-burned pile, along with other yard debris. I was planning to do that after breakfast.

( The Big Breakfast )

Sunday had ideal conditions for burning the brush pile that has been accumulating since late last spring. The temperatures were cool but not cold. It was dry and there was almost no wind, although very light breezes that helped with the fire and with dispersing the smoke were present. So early Sunday morning, Lisa and I went to work on burning ( Read more... )

Lisa is still on "night shift," which is her preferred timing anyway, and let me know that she wanted to go grocery shopping in the wee hours again if I was up to it. I was tired enough that after I got off work on Friday, I went to bed around 2 PM after having lunch, slept for around six hours, was up for a couple of hours, then went back to bed ( Read more... )

There were no excuses to keep me from getting to work on what promises to be a never-ending project: clearing the East Lot of weeds, at least along the defense line between it and the fence that separates it from the original house.

( Progress Made )

For doing brush clearance, log splitting, and other heavy work, I have a pair of Wolverine work boots. I've known that the soles were starting to wear out. This past weekend, as I started tackling some of the weed clearances, the sole announced its departure.

( Not that Surprising )

My thanks to those of you who sent your congratulations about our acquisition of the East Lot. Today, I started doing some weed clearance, but not on the new property, as there were higher priorities.

( Driveway Clearance )

A day of reduced smoke with high temperatures below 30°C on a weekend meant that I had no excuses for tackling the weed regrowth on the far side of our fence yesterday. After breakfast, I set out to tackle the growing ground cover, which continued to annoy me because it produces little "caltrops" that stick to our shoes and get into the house, ( Read more... )

One of the, er, interesting things about the property here in Mehama is that we never want for projects. Besides That Darn Roof, there is log-splitting (I spent an hour this morning splitting four more poplar and cedar logs) and lawn mowing (although since we don't water the grass in the summer, it stops growing and we don't have to cut it so often ( Read more... )