fiwit's blog: I love days like this!

Posted on Feb 19, 2012 1:16 PM

<p>Not weather-wise: it's a grey, chilly, rainy, overcast day. BUT it's been a great day so far.</p>
<p>Spent some time snuggling with the big dogs before getting out of bed this morning (I love that my retired racers are both such affectionate hounds), and then played online for awhile (good morning, farmville!).  Then the fun started. Headed out to Tractor Supply to buy a new wheelbarrow. The one I wanted had a flat tire, and looked smaller than I would be happy with, so I up-sized to the next larger one. Happily, it DID fit in the back of my PT Cruiser (I should think about that stuff BEFORE purchasing, not after), and then I headed over to Home Depot to pick up a roll of reed fencing.</p>
<p>I have a backyard project, you see.  Pippin (retired racer with a labrador retriever brain) is forever hurting his foot in the back yard. There's one portion of the yard I can't see because it's behind the shed, and he makes a beeline for that spot, and then comes out limping.  I think there are rabbits living under or near the shed, and so I'm blocking off that area, so he can no longer go behind the shed. Today's project is a temporary solution, until I can afford the long-term, preferred option. Ultimately, I'm moving the fence slightly to be flush with the shed, and give me a bit more space on the outside of the fence for my wildlife habitat, but that will also involve removing 4-5 trees at the same time, and so it's a far-future undertaking.</p>
<p>But today, I started putting the near-future part into effect.  Step one: buy a new wheelbarrow at Tractor Supply. Check.</p>
<p>Step two: buy a roll of reed fencing at Home Depot. Check.</p>
<p>Step three: use my dad's old pitchfork and my new wheelbarrow to start decimating the pile of wood-chips/leaf-mold and last year's grass-clippings that also house my compost pile.  Load wheelbarrow with the above detritus, wheel it across the back yard, dump it on the red GA clay behind the shed, rake it more or less level, and repeat the process until your back complains. I think I managed about 10 loads (barrow holds 6cu ft).</p>
<p>Step four, come back inside and change into dry clothes - seems I was doing all this in the chilly rain, and it eventually soaked through. </p>
<p>Step five: while making coffee, realize that I've not eaten anything today, and find a solution to that little problem (scrambled sausage and eggs with colby-jack cheese sprinkled over it - yum!)</p>
<p>Step six: decide to blog about the project instead of finishing it.  I really need to run 4-5 more barrow loads, and then put the reed fence up. And it's not raining now, so I don't have a real excuse for sitting here instead of heading back out there, unless I need to let my breakfast digest? Yeah! Let's use that excuse - it works for swimming, so it should be true for yard work, right? </p>
<p>My original point was that it's a great day, because I got to work outside and do some stuff in my yard. Even if it's not planting, transplanting, potting, seeding, etc, it's *not* housework. It's yard work, and any time I get to do yard work, it's a great day.</p>
<p>That said, I think I *am* going to head back out, if I can find my dry shoes. I'm so close to being finished with it, and once the reed fence is up, the dogs won't even be able to see that area, let alone get into it. Until I get the fence up, I'll have to watch the dogs when they're out to keep them from digging in the newly laid organic matter looking for the old compostables that aren't fully composted.  That will be a hassle.</p>
<p>And once I'm done, I can enjoy a guilt-free long soak in the bathtub with a good book and a glass of wine.</p>
<p>Sounds like perfection to me.</p>

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