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Exhausted

June 13th, 2011 at 01:16 am

DH and I went out to work at the house today. Yard work, which I used to be so good at and now I just loathe it with a passion. Because of my knee I can't just sit on my knees and weed, which is really the best position for it. And one of our neighbors walked off with our little sit on rolly cart thing, so I can't use it either. I end up sitting on my backside with one leg stretched out and there is only so long you can do that for before it kills your back. Still, I managed to pull out a good amount of crab grass.

I also took and hacked down the clematis and honeysuckle vines. It had taken over that entire area and run way out of bounds. I'm sure it'll come back just fine as those four plants have been virtually impossible to kill for ten years.

I think we may end up using weed killer. I spent a lot of time being an organic gardner when I was healthy, but now I'm not and the weeds are just so rampant I think I'd rather spray and be done with it. I feel guilty about it, but at this rate I don't think we'll ever catch up. I have enough newspaper to maybe smother 3 flowerbeds, but since there are five and there are six garden beds as well, I just don't know.

I dunno, we might be able to hire someone to come in and just do it all organically, but that could cost an awful lot since there is so much to do. And because it is in the boonies. I kind of wish there was some place where you could just put it up for sale as is and buyer could deal with it all. It's not even like we want all that much for the place, really. Just enough to pay off the under $21,000 mortgage and enough for a good start on a downpayment on our next one (which will have virtually no yard at all, I swear). *sighs* I miss being able bodied.

At some point I'll have to go out with Mom and her truck to get all the plant material we tore out and weed eated today. I think we could fill the truck bed and then Mom could take it to the greenery recycling center for $2.

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