I'm about to start on the yard this week! I'll be there on Tuesday so that the gravel guys can deliver. There is mud in front of the cement in front of their garage AND mud where you can park in front.
First thing will be picking up ALL of the sticks in the yard. I did that yesterday at my place. We have established pine trees on the north side of the house and the winter winds PLUS the 50 mph gusts that we had a few days ago brought down a lot of debris. DH and I burned it all. REMARKABLE how far they blew.
I had my DD buy me a dozen paper lawn and leaf bags to fill, plus I have empty 50 pound grain bags that I can fill and reuse. I think that there are a lot more to pick up than I thought, BUT, it needs to look nice and leaving them doesn't seem right. YOU know, preparation is key.
I did buy a new spade:
https://www.menards.com/main/outdoo...s-drain-spade/p-1444445286630.htm?cm_vc=PDPZ1
I ran my old one of these over with my tiller, trying to finish tilling in the dark a couple of years ago.
It had a wooden staff, which probably saved me the tiller. I am giving my DD's the receipts and then they can take ME shopping to pay me back. They bought me a jug of Burgandy for the spade.
This week they are buying me a replacement bottom sheet for my Queen sized bed. Don't need a whole set, because the fitted sheet got a hole. I am using what is left of it to sew some pillow cases.
I also bought two 4' x 8' white plastic lattice panels. They look like this:
https://e2x3s6i4.ssl.hwcdn.net/main/items/media/MASTE004/ProductLarge/1124517.jpg
The wooden ones were really cheap and thin and costs about $12.00/panel, AND we would have had to paint them. Theses were $19.00/panel and require no maintainance. I did a dead reckoning measurement with my arm span, finger span (I'm a pianist and my span is 8 1/2 inches) and an estimate of the rest and came up with (5'4"=64 inches), so (64 x 3) + 8 1/2 + 3 = ~ 17 feet. I think we'll attach it about 8 inches up from the ground and either put them 4 inches apart or measure the distance and divide all inches over 16 feet ( 5'4" + 5'4" + 5'4" = 15' + 1' = 16 ft) by 3 and leave that amount in the middle and on the sides. They assured me that I can drill through the plastic to attach. The garage has those old shingle sidings and looks a lot like this:
http://images.meredith.com/diy/images/2009/02/p_SCN_092_05.jpg
I'm considering also looking for some kind of screws that have a sort of hook to screw in at some of the openings.
If you ship me any plants, PLEASE, PLEASE let me know how much it costs you to ship. I would like to either write you a check to cover OR send you the equivalent in postage stamps, your choice.
..........please tell me you don't do that.
