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valkryorFor my mom's birthday, we (that being me and mine, plus my sister and her spouse) went over to hers to DIG! as a gift. Mom has more stuff than she needs and yard work is much more valuable to her than a trinket.
We all met for lunch at a local Croatian schnitzel place that was hella tasty, then after, it was work. Can I just say that I am fucking sore? I don't move like that often enough and I'm paying for it now. The week prior, we had pulled down the majority of the Dutchman's pipe. Yesterday, we dug up the roots. Or most of the roots? The damn thing was trying to take over the garden and was in there DEEP. Some of the roots were as big around as my wrist.
Lesson learned? Don't plant Dutchman's pipe anywhere it can spread. Because it will take over if you give it a chance to.
We also started pruning out the dead vines from the grape arbour. Being as tall as I am, I can reach with the loppers to cut them free to be pulled down. On the one hand, great, no lugging around a ladder or step stool. On the other? My shoulders and arms and back are not fans of me raising my arms up right now.
Is the work done? Pardon me whilst I'm over here laughing myself sick. In mom's garden, the work is NEVER done. There's only "needs doing" and "good enough". We got some things to good enough and that's fine with me.
We all met for lunch at a local Croatian schnitzel place that was hella tasty, then after, it was work. Can I just say that I am fucking sore? I don't move like that often enough and I'm paying for it now. The week prior, we had pulled down the majority of the Dutchman's pipe. Yesterday, we dug up the roots. Or most of the roots? The damn thing was trying to take over the garden and was in there DEEP. Some of the roots were as big around as my wrist.
Lesson learned? Don't plant Dutchman's pipe anywhere it can spread. Because it will take over if you give it a chance to.
We also started pruning out the dead vines from the grape arbour. Being as tall as I am, I can reach with the loppers to cut them free to be pulled down. On the one hand, great, no lugging around a ladder or step stool. On the other? My shoulders and arms and back are not fans of me raising my arms up right now.
Is the work done? Pardon me whilst I'm over here laughing myself sick. In mom's garden, the work is NEVER done. There's only "needs doing" and "good enough". We got some things to good enough and that's fine with me.
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Date: 2022-10-20 02:23 am (UTC)But I hope you had a nice hot bath afterwards and your shoulders/arms/back forgive you soon!
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Date: 2022-10-20 12:12 pm (UTC)Time is always more valuable than stuff, anyway. And sometimes you even get to destroy things, which can be very cathartic.