Speaking of trimming, I stopped at Lowes to take a look at the EGO trimmers. I hate, HATE, HATE loading the string on my electric trimmer. The EGO ones load automatically. They are also battery powered, so I wouldn't have to wrestle with the extension cord anymore. However, they seem kind of heavy to me. Also, now that the raised beds are gone, I won't have that much to trim. So I postponed that purchase.
Last weekend, my SO helped me disassemble the "rainbow" shed. This shed is a perfect example of my yardening karma. I thought it would be a good playhouse for my granddaughter, but, you know, spiders. Then I spray painted it rainbow colors; the cans said the paint would stick to ANY surface, but it did not stick to that shed. I did store lawn furniture and some pots in it over the winter, but otherwise, it went unused. Because of the flaky paint, no one else would want it, so it will probably end up at the dump. (That piece of plywood was under the floor. It too will be going to the dump.) At least there were no animal burrows under it.
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My SO and I also cleaned out the "big" shed. There wasn't much to throw away, just a lot or rearranging. The few remaining vegetable gardening doodads, like the grow bags, went to my neighbor across the street. Then we cleaned gutters: he wrangled the ladder while I did the climbing.
During the week, I cleaned up the beds on the south side of the house a bit. My plan is to move the perennials from the bed by the fence to the new wildflower corner, but I am beginning to think it would just be easier to get new plants. For decades I scrimped and saved so I could retire, which results in this mentality of making do even though making do is sometimes a lot of work. Also, I'm concerned about reintroducing weeds like creeping Charlie into that area after it is treated by the landscapers. Today I potted a clump of rhubarb, which left me with an aching back.
Meanwhile, I continue to spend my children's inheritance at Wild Birds Unlimited. This time I came home with a new finch feeder. Even with a coupon, it was a bit expensive, but it is supposed to be easy to clean and antimicrobial. Right now the house finches are sticking with safflower seed and the sock nyger feeder.
As you can see, the daffodils are blooming. Buds are swelling on most of the flowering trees like the serviceberry and redbud. I just hope tonight's low temps don't damage them.
1 comment:
I have an EGO mower that I like. The batteries in their lawn equipment are all interchangeable so if you think you might be in the market for a new mower anytime soon, then if you went with the EGO string trimmer now, you wouldn't have to buy another battery. The battery does seem like it would be heavy for a string trimmer, especially with your shoulder issues, but in the mower it's fine. Much lighter than the one in my old mower.
They get good ratings for reliability but in the event there is a problem, then it's a pain to deal with. My mower has been problem-free for the three seasons I've had it, my brother has the same one and it stopped working while still under warranty. No big deal -- except it couldn't be repaired locally; he had to send it back to them through Home Depot. They fixed it and he's had no problems since, but it took forever. They had it for more than two months, and that was the summer that he was also mowing my lawn for me, so he would come over and mow my lawn then take my mower back to his house and mow his. All summer long just carrying that mower back and forth.
I'm sure this has all been extremely unhelpful.
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