After going to bed really late – again – we got up too early for a Sunday morning and went for a run. After some breakfast, I went out and tackled the yard. I hadn’t been able to walk down the path between the arbor and the deck without getting whacked in the face with a branch. So, armed with some limb pruners and a bow saw, I set out to fix the problem.
And, created a new problem:
What to do with all of the limbs. You see, I trimmed all of the bushes, trees, and shrubs. And then I yanked out the remaining bushes that are dying under the arbor. This is truly the downside of not having a pickup truck. No way to get rid of the yard debris. But, never fear – we found someone on Craig’s List who is going to haul it away really cheap. The upside, if you will, of the downturned economy. Everyone is looking to make a few extra bucks.
Then, after spending about 5 hours doing the cleanup, I rested in the hammock, reading Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and enjoying this day…..(I’ll write more about the book later.)
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The 90+ degree weather we have been “enjoying” the past four days finally cooled off to a more tolerable temperature. Unfortunately, we will be lucky to see 70 degrees most of the week. The joys of summer in Oregon…..it’s either/or sometimes. At least it was nice for my days off.
So you never learned the trick of cutting all of the limbs to ~3ft lengths and then bundling them with twine? It’s amazing how small and compact you can make a big pile of limbs that way…