Productive Weekend – Burned and Bitten

Happy Sunday Afternoon,

I have been so busy with trying to get a bunch of stuff done on the house.  Painting boards for the fence and pulling weeds.  We don’t have anything remotely resembling a lawn.  So I am busy trying to level all the mounds of dirt and pulling weeds, and in the meantime trying to unpack a box every now and then.

Since the last time I posted, a couple of weeks ago, things have been moving at a snail’s pace.

Last weekend, I began painting boards for the fence.  They are 16 feet long 2X6’s.  Priming them with the Kilz, primer.  Yeah, I know my favorite.  But that is because it works.  Then putting a coat of exterior semi-gloss.  That sheds the dirt the best.  We live in a very dusty climate.  Especially during harvest in late summer and early fall.

Then this weekend it was pretty much the same.  I managed to go shopping in the morning then working out in the yard most of the afternoon.  Lynn had started taking out some of the arborvitaes that were in the way of the fence, but got dizzy bending over.  I don’t know what he was thinking.  That was before I came home of Friday.  Anyway, I finished the job.  I am always leery of using the chain saw, until I really get into it.  Not only did I take out the arborvitaes, but I trimmed the locust tree too.  Looks pretty good, even if I do have to say so myself.

This will be Kinzie’s fence

Today I spent the morning helping to put up the first boards on the fence, and physically digging down more high spots in the yard.  The fence wasn’t easy but I managed to swing that 20 oz hammer until my arm hurt.  I will be so glad when I can go back to doing girly stuff.  Seeded a little bit of grass, just to see if I can make it grow.  I grow weeds really good.

A closer shot of the fence. Where all the dirt is, I hope to have grass by the end of summer.

Another thing I did was trimmed the maple in the side yard.  It is getting so big.  We planted it from a seedling from some maples that had gone wild on the back pasture.  Love the beautiful umbrella shape that it has.  We also have an American Chestnut that we planted about 4 years ago and it is taking so long to get started, hopefully, it will do us proud, as many of the things we have planted are, since we moved in over here.  It’s as if the house and grounds are coming alive.  I will show you the transformation of the Iris’.

Oh, my iris’ are coming up. Spring is right around the corner

My Iris’ are a blooming.

This will be Kinzie’s fence

Beautiful colors. Really outdoing themselves

What a pretty peach color

Then last but not least.  Our front door, and a side view of the house.  Keep in mind I will be cleaning off the front porch and it will look better in a few more weeks.

Front door. The before the storm door goes on. Maybe this week sometime.

A side view of the house. Again I hope to have grass there someday. Wish I could afford to have it landscaped. Someday.

Aside from getting sun burned and bitten (no eaten) by monster mosquito, all is well for now.  Hope to post more next weekend.

Annie, the novice chainsaw and hammer wielding girly girl.