Well, actually….I hurt like hell, but I’m delighted to have accomplished so very much today!
I started out early this morning trimming and pulling spent plants from the gardens leading to our front door. There’s a lot of work to do there to put the gardens to bed for the winter, and it was so nice today that I just kept working my way down the walk. Dear Husband came out about an hour later and started blowing the leaves into piles. I took a break and went back to it, and then we both stopped to have a sandwich.
After lunch, my stepson joined me in the gardens. We cut down the peonies and purple coneflower in the driveway gardens, and pulled the metal plant supports. He raked up the spent plants while I finished cutting down daylilies.
One of the big projects for today was to reorganize the garage for better storage, and cleaning the garage floor before we close up for winter. My stepson has recently purchased a motorcycle, and we’ve had to figure out how to squeeze everything in. I have eight pots of plants that I winter over in the unheated garage, set on a stack of styrofoam insullation. We reorganized garden equipment storage, and the recycling bins. Some things were thrown out, while others went down into the basement.
On paper it doesn’t sound like a lot, but it was six hours of constant work, and it clears the way for us to settle in for the winter. I’m just SO pleased that we got so much done. I still have a short list of things to do, but with Frankie’s help on the herb garden, and what we accomplished today, I can go into the holidays knowing that the grounds look tidy.
I need to have Dear Husband pick up a couple of bales of straw for me. I want to cover the ferns and daylilies. I need a couple of bags of compost. We covered peonies with dirt today. I’d like to top that off with compost to give them some organic food next spring.
So, this has been another of those “A day in the life of….” posts, but I can tell you that I FEEL GREAT!!! YEA! What a nice way to start November!
Arrrgh!!!
It's just my state of mind!
You should feel great that’s getting a lot done. I painted my bathroom in Denver and I’m so proud of myself, made me feel good too.
I think it’s the first time in quite awhile that I can actually see the fruits of my labor. One can’t see a clean house, clean cloths, food on the table. lol
You won’t mind if we, your readers, take a break now will you? Whew! I, too, have been doing yard work; but, not at such a break-neck speed. The weather’s been so nice that it’s been pleasant to do the annual chores. It sounds like you got ahead of the curve on yours. Congratulations!
Janeywan, you’re absolutely right! We spend endless hours on cleaning he house, cooking, and laundry but all that effort is taken for granted. It takes a stand alone project to show up some of our work. I bet you feel just great about getting that bathroom painted! I’ve begun reorganizing the second guest room here, to have more places to stash family at Christmas. That and the gardens have been making me a happy camper!
Cop Car, we have another gorgeous weekend coming our way, and I intend to finish putting the gardens to bed, and hopefully finish sanding a bench that has been waiting for my attention for several years. Getting all this accomplished makes me feel so very virtuous! LOL
Oh, Virtuous One–I would send you a halo if I could find a way to package it. *giggling* I’ve a project that my mom put off for 20 years before turning it over to me in 1983 or 1984. Dudette says that she will work on it with me; but, she works long hours and (like you) lives a little drive from her mom. (Yes…I know…I’ve still the quilt to complete, too!)
Cop Car, you’ll get there. I find that I get things done in small steps. It’s the large jobs that get the recognition, but those small steps get things done. And that project of your mother’s….? Just think how Dudette will feel when she finishes it, and it’s a work of three generations. What a keeper it will be!