Sunday we had a shower. I was happy to get a 1/4 inch of rain. Before the rain we had wind. More limbs fell. The bigger one was from a Maple tree. It was about 8 inches at the largest part. That’s too big for me to cut up with my loppers. I saw Logan feeding the horses and asked if he’d get it with the tractor. I’m obsessive about stuff in the yard. Silly I know. Laura said—Mom, Logan won’t have time to get your limb til weekend. I started working out a plan in my head to clean it up. I thought I could cut off all the little limbs from the base and load the base limb on my mule and put it on Logan’s big brush pile. While I was at exercise class, Laura came with her little chainsaw and sawed and stacked it for me.
You can see the limb that fell from the Maple. I’ll have another pile to burn but I’ll let it dry out a while. It’s been really hot each day. I try to start my walk before 7 AM so it’s bearable. I do a little yard work each day but only an hour out there. I have a lot I need to do. If I was as deligent about house cleaning as the yard, my house would be lots cleaner.
Yesterday, I moved my bird bath to a spot in front of my Lantana. It’ll be one less thing to mow around. By fall,I going to relocate all those day lilies as they need to be divided and moved.
In 2010, Larry fixed the flower bed for them. The timbers have all rotted and I removed them. Now, I hope to get the lilies moved before next summer. Lots to do and not enough energy to do it.
2 comments:
I love the rain (we need some!) and am scared of the wind. We have so many big trees and parts of my 30 year old fence have blown down in other windstorms. Lantana is one of my favorites; unfortunately, I forget to get any this year! I don't like things lying in my yard either.
That was a big branch. I don't like branches in the yard either. Your Day lilies are very pretty!
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