Home at Work

This is the first spring in 10 years that I did not have a conflict preparing the landscape for spring. The grading and teaching load of the A&M gig made time time hard to come by at this point in the semester. I would cram a few hours of yard work between school duties that came first. Donnice working at the quilt shop the past 3 years also restricted time available. It was actually nice to be able to dedicate a full day to this work without getting behind on other things. During the DuPont days, our yard was a fraction of this size and I could freely take vacation days to get such work finished.

We ordered 8 cubic yards of cedar mulch delivered Thursday afternoon. We loaded, moved, and spread all of it yesterday. It was a great day for manual labor - temperature in the mid-60's and overcast but not high humidity. As a bonus, there were no mosquitos! We definitely feel our age but are fortunate to still be able to do this. Advil is our friend. We still have some minor cleanup and leveling but that is easy. The next task is making the first mow of the season. That will be an all day effort as I use a grass catcher (just this first mow) to collect the dead grass (a ton of it).

The first photo is the garage and front porch. This bed is sweet potato vine. It will take another 4-6 weeks for it to fill in. The second photo continues around the house with lantana that is coming out nicely. The bed around the end of the house (photo 3) is for knockout roses. The 4th photo is the back corner of the house next to the outdoor kitchen. It has the excess piled up in it. We ordered about 1 cu.yd. too much. The 5th photo is remainder of the house perimeter with its rings.

There is no need to reply to this message requesting similar work at your place! This boy will be dead after this plus the mow.

Thanks,

Doug