Hot again. Sunny still. Like yesterday. I ran out of time to procrastinate some of the outdoor work so I was out in the sun and heat yesterday. No sir, I didn’t like it. But it needed to be done. More will need to be done in the coming days too.
I didn’t do much in the morning. Took more rest than I’d intended actually. Felt good. But I knew I had to do some stuff on the list. So I did outdoor work. I fixed my mower and cut the grass in the back yard. I did some weeding and killed some ants in the raised beds. Grapes are developing well on the remaining vine. I didn’t cut any shoots back this year, so maybe it’s lighter than it should be, but hey there are grapes. I think it’s whatever variety the root stock is though after the die back of a few years ago. The skins are tough and thick.
The perennial collards are doing very well. I’ll harvest some soon.
I did some clean up along the fence line and pruned some of the foliage along the fence. Checked on the apple trees, and I’ve got apples on the older tree for the first time ever. I think the cooler spring might have helped there.
Did some work on the sprinklers and tested the zones. Some more work will be required as one of the heads was just shooting water into the sky… but I’ll get to that later this week.
I even moved a few things around the house and yard to sort and put stuff away. And don’t forget the domestic bliss, two loads of laundry! Now folded and put away.
I got a surprising amount of stuff done in half a day. If only I could keep that up for a week or two.
We’ll see, but I think my other responsibilities will derail the effort.
Call it ‘always be working’ and improving my situation. Or what it really is, finally getting to some of the stuff I’ve been putting off for too long.
In any case, stacking is easier than doing without…
nick