Hello!!
First thing I saw when I went out this morning were these pallets! Clearly Cousin Jeff had dropped by early! Fabulous!
As I type its raining steadily. It was overcast all of today but didn’t start to rain until we had finished outside.
I had a little windfall recently and decided to surprise Jeff with a shiny new toy. He struggles a bit at this time of year especially. When the weather is gloomy for 99% of the time and you also work nightshifts… it becomes hard work to lift your spirits.
He hasn’t been able to mow for ages now – something he really enjoys doing. Partly because of the weather, but mostly because of that tree – the ride on mower just can’t get to the other parts of the yard.
He has wanted a normal mower for a while – its easy to do the small areas with.
So today he set about making the place look beautiful again!
Its been unkempt for so long, it really makes it hard to stand in among it all and wonder where to start!
Of course… I found some new projects to work on because I am the queen of starting stuff and moving on before finishing. (Really… that coat I made all in one go was something special!!)
Pathways needed tidying
This one is not done – we also need to splurge on some new woodchips.
I have decided that the whole strawberry patch needs pulling up and starting over. Getting out the good plants and really digging in to remove weeds. Will also dig in a heap of mushroom compost before replanting the strawberries.
It was getting dark and cold so we had to quit…
Earlier in the day I experimented with mulching some of the tree branches
I gave up pretty quickly. It does work… but we have had this mulcher a while now and I think the blades need sharpening… or new blades. I want something to work smartly. This small pile took way too long.
Still… I would like to mulch some of the tree rather than burning it all.
I went down to put some more coffee grounds into the compost and saw this!! Cheeky Chook. Its funny when I go down there and find all the six new girls in there and they poke their heads up! Figure I’ll have to cover it soon if I want to keep some worms.
Well… I think I need to get to bed.
If the rain keeps up I suppose I can get the house ready for the folks and maybe even bake something!
Sleep tight!
Cheers.
