Tuesday, July 01, 2008

A day of Digging

This morning after breakfast, reading the paper and mail, I went outside to work on the area west of the driveway. I wanted to widen the area that is level with the driveway so that when I take the Jeep in and out of the garage I can do it driving straight in or out without having to jockey it around so much.


So yesterday I started to take some of the slope out, and this morning I worked on it a little more. Unfortunately where I was working was in the sun so I had to keep stopping and resting so as not to wear myself out. I did not get as much done as I would have liked to; I kept having to dig out roots, sorting out broken glass and chunks of wood.

The wood is mostly from the junk pile that was there until Sunday and I think the glass has been there from before we moved here. I have found broken glass, both pane glass and bottles, cans and plastic just about every place I have dug around here. I do not think the previous owners used garbage service but buried all their garbage.

When I finally got too tired I stopped digging and then raked the area to make is smooth. Then I took my concrete broom and swept the driveway off. By the time I finished it was just about noon time. It was pretty humid feeling out and the air quality was not the greatest either so I did not want to over do.

After drinking several glasses of water I went and sat down for a while. Finally around 1300 I made myself some lunch and then sat down again. This time I dozed off and was awaken when Alyssa call and asked if Dan could come over to pick up some raspberries and foxglove plants. So I tried to wake myself up as much as possible before Dan got here.

When Dan got here we went out back and dug up a couple dozen raspberries plants and about the same amount of foxglove plants. Both of those plants seem to grow like weeds around here. I keep on giving them away and they keep growing. It is almost like my iris, I keep giving them away as well.

Well, I am trying to keep these a little shorter and not as repetitive; it is easier on my and probably not as boring for others.