neglected it too long. The front yard is much improved. As
is the side yard in the back on the south side. Work still
be done on the north and the back yard. While the dog still
lives in the house I think we'll do a minimum in the back
yard. I plan to be over there a couple of times this next
week. Once to be there when the arborist is there to get
advice on the trees he isn't taking down and to make sure we
are on the same page with the removal. Then I'll go over
when the Landscaper is there to answer the multitude of
questions she has.
In the meantime, the work in the barn continues. Robert
found 4 or 5 vases I had stored over there. They were lying
in the mud. I said I had been looking for the box they were
in; it was on my list, but I couldn't find it. That's
because the box and the newspapers the vases were wrapped in
disintegrated into the mud and had totally disappeared. The
vases are thick with mud and may be cracked, but I doubt it.
They are not fragile, but large.
Paul, a friend who has helped before on the barn, came back
to help some more. He is a great worker. In addition
Robert has hired a helper who comes about twice a week, but
we don't know very far ahead of time which day he is coming.
But, he's a hard worker and does give us 24 hour notice or
more that he would like to come work. We'll see if he is
consistent with 2 days a week. That would be great because
when he is here he does get a lot done.
I covered about 1/3 of my new perennial bed with newspapers
and mulch this morning. I had hired help, but help did not
show up. Had I known I was to do it all myself, I would
have laid out fewer papers to cover. My neighbor, Allison
suggested I lay down newspapers before I put down the mulch.
The papers will gradually disintegrate, but will be
additional mulch. That is what I am doing. I used up one
bag of mulch and my back announced that I was done for the
day. I'll do a little each day and it'll be done very soon.
The part I did does look nice.
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