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Me this morning, finally motivated enough to trim the damn bougainvillea that's growing out of bounds again: gets the hedge trimmer, extension cord, ladder, rake...

My wife, promptly: do you also *want to* trim the olive tree?

Married people will probably recognize this specialty of relationship language. 😂

I persevered in the blazing sun to try and achieve my deck-disassembly goals for the day. Wanted to remove skirt boards on two sides, an outer rim and three railings and posts.

The last two posts were hell. After removing six screws from each, I had to remove some decking to get at their rear faces. There and on the sides I took 11 more screws out of each to free them.

Weirdly the posts along the opposite side had zero screws - just sat in a notch. Crazy Town.

The (alternative mix*) grass is growing in the driveway and the rock tracks are solid.

* It’s not grass at all. Mostly native clover, plus poppies and some small flowering grasses. It looks patchy but the stated goal on the bag is for about 75% coverage so that it can grow, flower, seed itself, and then fill in naturally next year. I will add a picture of our side path that we did last year. The clover has indeed filled in nicely and it is staying nice and green with minimal water. You can see it on the left in the very back of the picture. The clover is about 30cm/1ft tall and is full of blooms.

Got the mowing done before it got too bad out. I hate the heat. I was able to enjoy stopping in shady spots around the property to eat mulberries off the trees. We're going to have a good crop this year. We're also loaded with black raspberries but they aren't ripe yet.

Working from home today due to scheduled highway closure which means I could do yardwork early when i would normally be commuting! Woot!

Thinned the apple trees! Slightly more apples on the Blushing Delight than the Northern Spy.

Both trees look healthy though it looks like aphids have invaded the Blushing Delight with the assistance of the local ant population.

We got more alt-grass seed to finish off the last part of the driveway before its' morning drink.
#yardwork #DIY #PortAlberni #Home #RemoteWork #WorkFromHome #BCHwy4

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GOT'ER DONE.

It started to drizzle and there was no way on this earth I was gonna let the lawn soil get all waterlogged before I added the last little bits needed. So I heaved one more load of drain rock back into the dolley and finished it off.

Needng to charge the car was a good motivator! 😂 🚙 ⚡

I really didnt want to put this off another week! Done! 🙌

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So close to finishing! Had a standing appointment at 3 so had to stop just short.

Might try to finish it after dinner. Supposed to rain tomorrow, it would be good for seeding the grass/clover!

Body is sooo sore, mostly from shovelling the drain rock which is simultaneously slippery on a shovel and heavy to lift and cart around. But the end is near!

Positioning the slate slabs at the car doors. Only had 3 left from the pond project. We’ll get another load of those in time.
#selfie #diy #yardwork #driveway #gardening

was an early start this morning. The challenge with doing things DIY is sometimes you do the wrong thing... usually it's not a big deal, and this wasn't, but it was a lot of shovelling to remove the drain rock I had put down.

After lunch I will start with what I should have done in the first place. Add in a bunch of dirt from the back to bring it close to the final level, get the a final load of top soil and then just put down a thin layer of rock.

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#selfie #diy #yardwork #driveway #gardening