It was another busy weekend (aside from the fun that we had at the Meet the Neighbors party). I got the new slider polyurathaned and installed plexiglass on the inside and outside of the screen door (this in an attemp to keep the cats from tearing up the screen).
The Wonderful Spouse cut up the large oak tree (it wasn't a maple as reported by the neighbor) that fell the other day and I loaded the chunks of wood into the garden cart for WS to take to a more accessible location for splitting. This was more difficult than it sounds because first we had to cut down the brush to make a path that the garden tractor could negotiate to get to the tree. Then we had to cut out all the small trees and brush that the tree itself had crushed so they wouldn't jump up and slap us in the face when the weight of the tree was removed.
WS also sucked up the majority of fallen leaves and shredded them (yes, he has all kinds of neat toys). Of course this effort will have to be repeated next weekend and maybe the weekend after that - but it is nice to keep up on those things. I'll still need to get out and do some raking later, but at least I won't be dealing with large mounds of leaves. I also need to get out and tear down the morning glory vines from around the fence. I'm hoping to get that done on Tuesday.
Jim came over Sunday afternoon and forced us to go out for a dinner of pizza (ooh, that arm twisting hurt, especially since he bought - LOL). We then came home and watched the episode of CSI that we had taped last week, I went to take care of Sunny and Winnie for the night, and we went to bed.
All in all, we had a productive weekend. We still can't believe it is almost the end of October and are hoping for an extended fall season to get the rest of what we want to get done, done.
DH plans to let the layers of leaves lie through the rain and into the frosty weather before he thinks about the lawn. I'm seriously considering getting a leaft blower.
Posted by: Buffy | October 20, 2003 at 11:05 PM
Bogie, I finally took a couple of hours to wash the 3 cubic yards of clay from among the iris corms with a hose. The irises are spread in the basement drying. Once dry, I'll remove all of the dried leaves, cut the corms apart, dip in bleach solution, dry again, package in plastic, and stick them into the downstairs frig. What month shall I bring them back east? Oh, yes, in case I never told you, I only got about 40% of the irises dug that I had intended to do. That means that I got about 90% of the bed dug up that is at the corner of the garage. If I find too much time and energy on my hands some weekend, I may try to dig up more--as in the ones by the utility boxes. (Don't hold your breath!)
Posted by: | October 21, 2003 at 06:34 AM
Didn't realize that you could dip them in bleach although it makes sense to kill any disease.
You can send them in mid-April or May.
Too much time on your hands is not a problem that you normally have!
Posted by: bogie | October 21, 2003 at 11:57 PM
I think that dipping in the bleach is supposed to discourage mildew. I didn't invent the system and have never done it; but, thought that I'd give it a try. I didn't say "send".
Posted by: | October 22, 2003 at 08:09 AM
You are correct - you said "bring". We would be happy to have you bring them up in May!
Posted by: Bogie | October 22, 2003 at 04:25 PM
Cop Car - I didn't mean to imply that you aren't welcome to bring the irises sooner (like Christmas). I just figured you might like to help plant them, and May is the earliest that that is possible (plus, a lot of the stuff that is cool to see in this state should be open).
Posted by: bogie | October 29, 2003 at 02:18 AM