Before moving into my current rental, my lifetime experience with yardwork was nearly nil, which means that I am learning as I go.
Earlier tonight I took my first close look at the front lawn (most of my work in the front yard so far has been pulling ivy, weeding stray mint, and cutting back bushes). [...]
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When is a lawn not a lawn?
Posted in Yardwork on September 17, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Weekday weeding window wanes
Posted in Yardwork on September 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The days are quickly getting shorter and weeding the yard after work will soon become impractical, so I am getting out into the yard now every chance I get. The upside is that I will probably get the yard into the shape I want it to be before the rainy season starts in four weeks. [...]
The Great Vacation ends
Posted in Life, Yardwork on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I’m back to work in less than 12 hours. It’s been a good time off. Mostly relaxing.
Of the seven things I had hoped to do during the vacation, I finished two and made serious headway on a third. Round about Tuesday, my will to get anything done just died for four or five days. Got [...]
Sweet tea and yardwork
Posted in Food, Yardwork on August 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
When I lived in Texas, I heard that there was nothing like drinking a glass of iced sweet tea after a couple of hours in the yard under a hot sun.
I can now verify this remark. I’m almost ready to go out for another hour.
Almost.
Steely Dan and steel clippers
Posted in Music, Yardwork on August 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was up early both days this weekend to weed the backyard before the sun cleared the neighbor’s trees (9am, more or less). Too hot this weekend to weed in the sun.
I time my weeding by using the Steely Dan albums on my iPod. A short weeding is a one-album weed; a long weeding is [...]
A smell surprise
Posted in Yardwork on August 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Pulled ivy that has sat in 100-degree heat for a couple of days smells like tea.
Hot town, summer in the city
Posted in Life, Portland, Yardwork on August 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One positive to riding home this evening on a packed, slow-moving TriMet bus in 102-degree heat while wearing pants and a long-sleeved shirt: When I got home, weeding the shaded side yard in 90-to-95-degree heat for an hour and a half seemed like a vacation.
Was that one positive worth it? I’m not saying that. I [...]
