Kristy

Instead of going fishing tomorrow - you & hubby come here and do a little tilling & yard work for me! lol! That's on my agenda tomorrow - pizza brunch with some friends from work at 11:30 & then working all afternoon & evening in the yard!

Mike

Damn... I am just tired from reading it..LOL
Got two Cows about to calf one is a first yr. Not always good.. I cut down some of the Pampas Grass and listened to DH tell me how bad he hates that.... SOOOOO I guess I will cut the rest tomorrow ...ROFL.. I think he had a really bad day at work..Wonder if I can get him to help me...LOL Good luck fishin !!!
Kylie

I wished I could have been outside doing all that, but it just won't quit raining. Oh well I have a big paper coming up and 2 finals to prepare for. But I really want to be outside!!!!

Mary

I drank about 3 pots of coffee and almost a whole 12 pack of pepsi, lots of water and quite a few pain pills, lol. I had a hot bath and feel a little better now. At least I can move without groaning, lol. My stepson came by and helped with some of the shovel work and took out 3 of the biggest heavy plants I couldn't move. I think I ran him off when I mentioned what all else I needed to get done. Didn't even get around to tree pruning a few limbs I missed earlier that drooped lower than I thought they would, lol. He left when I told him I needed to re arrange the living room so I could fit my Mom's cabinet she gave me in there, lol. I did it all myself since it needed to be moved to steam clean and I still can't make it all fit. I think I have it figured out though but I have to have someone help me move the antique buffet and china cabinet. The couchs I just slid around and pushed them with my behind, lol. I am really excited about my bed. Hubby has even agreed to help me put in a few more. I hope he keeps his word and doesn't change his mind like last year. He finished one and said thats enough, lol. Thats why I tried to do so much other stuff so he wouldn't have any excuse to not help me Sunday, lol. GOod luck on your finals Mary. Kylie, he wouldn't like pampass grass either. Its itchy to me so that would have to be his job, lol. Mike I wish I could come help you. I borrowed this tiller a year ago and I figure I better hurry up and get all the use out of it that I can in case he does a garden this year. He says he will let me know when he needs it back. I wish I had one. All that nice black dirt getting tilled has me wanting a veggie garden now, lol. I was surprised the dirt was pretty good in that area. I have several bags of composted manure and other things to till into it before its done and really would like to add the regular compost but I couldn't get anyone to go get it for me today. I really wanted to start planting Sunday but if we get everything else finished and John will go get it Monday maybe I can stay home Tuesday and do it. Either I am getting old or I have the dullest shovel in the world. Of everything else I did today trying to use that to get the grass out almost killed me. I need to take it to the shop and put an edge on that thing like a knife. I can't dig even a small hole. Maybe the soil is really compacted or something. It looks good but hard to dig. The shovel is new and I told John to sharpen it but I don't think he did. Sorry I am rambing so much. I think I am delirious and I have so much caffeine in me I can't go to sleep.

Goodnight everyone.

A little too ambitious for your own good huh? Sorry you are paying for it but wasn't it nice to accomplish so much. Feel better.
Karyn

Kristy, hope your sleeping a lil late today. Always is a great feeling to look at all the work your accomplishing, no matter how much pain you have to endure. Good luck fishing today, I know your sore so don't let a big one pull ya in, lol. Just out of curiousity, how much you pay for a fishing license there? Our's just went up to $22.50, $10 extra for trout, which opens today.

Do we get to see pics as this progresses?

I just got up. Hubby brought me a cup of coffee an ibuprophen and my laptop, lol. He just asked me if I took a before pic and I said no the grass and weeds were too tall, lol. I'll go take one now. Its just tilled dirt but you can get an idea. I just got off the phone with a guy from the fishing forum that we belong to and he said he might come and run a water line to my new bed so I can use a soaker hose and not have to drag the hose all the way around to that side. That would be so great! I don't remember how much ous license was. It goes August to August I think and I have fresh and saltwater. Go catch some trout. I used corn soaked with garlic powder and caught quite a few when they stocked city park a while back. Those little suckers fly out of the water and do acrobats, lol. It was a lot of fun. I think it was about $28 last year but can't swear to it, lol.

fool4flowers, we are going to have to teach you to take those before photos. That is how you measure what you do and how you can look at the photos, then say I did all that? Rest and take it easy for a day, you'll be back on your feet in no time!

Kristy,
You said your bed is 24 feet long and 8 feet deep. 8 feet deep??? Are you burying bodies??? (grin)

Linda

Lol, I hated my grass being that tall. Its mostly weeds this time of year. It looks much better now, lol. I took some pics this morning before we went fishing I'll post them later. I am tired. Didn't catch too many fish today but nobody else did either. I think all 40 of us in the fishing group went out today and nobody caught very much. Must have been weird barometric pressure or something. Linda, deep, wide .... same thing, lol. How about it runs the length of the house from the porch on down then sticks out into the yard 8 feet, lol. After looking at all that tilled up ground I want a veggie bed now, lol. So how many brugs do you think I can plant there?

Here are a couple of quick pics. One is of my little nice lanscape brick bed that I wanted to do here but couldn't afford it, lol. The other is of the bed after it was first tilled. Still have to make a few more passes and add the amendments. I love my big pomegranate tree in the first pic. It is just starting to get its first flower buds. They are such a pretty orange.

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Kristy, sorry to hear ya had a dud of a fishin day. Bed looks good to me..Why not make it come out more and go around the side of the house? Ya know you'll just wanna do that some time in the near future anyway, lol. Flower beds are NEVER big enough! Really, come on..Who needs grass?? lol.
I like your lil brick bed..Hey where did you put the lotus?

Kristy, good thing you got that huge fish the other day since you didn't catch much this time. That one should tie you over until your next big catch, lol! That site will make a wonderful bed for your brugs.

Thanks, the side of the house came with a bed full of 20 year old hollies. A guy was supposed to come remove them so I could plant my roses there but he never did. I'll get a big one next time. I am still so tired and sore. Gotta get outside and get to work. The Lotus is going to go in there. I have the pot on the patio right now.