Week 13+14 review, plan for week 15

[rmc28]

Plan for week 13 was:

• continue clearing the garden
  • replacement strimmer arrived Sunday of week 13, it rained all day
  • some small clearance work during rest of week 13
  • Sunday of week 14, actually used new strimmer in earnest, we now have about 3-inch high weeds instead of waist-high weeds
  • more small clearance work a couple of times during week 14
• agree with spouse what to do next
  • spouse is happy for me to do what I want (subtext: he will be delighted if I can reach SUCCESS of a non-perilous outdoor space, but he has no capacity to engage with the project of getting there)
• order mulch when confident of the ground being clear
  • not there yet

Indoors: still no progress in the living room, but we have ordered a new TV bench which will arrive next month and agreed on a new TV to sit on it once it's here. This gives me a deadline to sort out the corner unit shelves where the TV used to sit.

Plan for week 15:

• spend some time each day on the remaining clearance tasks in the garden (I still doubt I will reach the point of being Ready For Mulch this week, but I certainly won't if I do nothing)
• ship the boxes of clothes to family that I sorted out last month: regrettably, it doesn't seem much safer for couriers in my country than it did a month ago, nor does it seem likely to become much safer in the next couple of months, so I think there's no point delaying them any longer
• if feeling avoidant of the garden, tackle the corner unit or the Misc. Stuff above the coffee-table books

Comments

[hooloovoo_42]

Not sure what kind of mulch you are after, or where you might get it from. At our allotments, we get regular deliveries of tree chippings, both from the local authority landscape management Co and a couple of local tree surgeons. The guy who cut my trees last year was overjoyed to find a local place to dispose of the waste.

Although you can't tell what you might get, it may be worth contacting any local tree surgeons (or the council) and ask if they have any chippings. Once you find any, you can get top ups later on.

[rmc28]

There's a couple of local companies will deliver bark-chipping mulch at what I consider quite reasonable prices, so I was going to go with one of them. They do a grade that is usually put on playgrounds, so I'm thinking I'll get that for "spaces the children may play on".

[yukonsally]

I shipped off a box of clothes and donated a box to the second hand store. (By "I", I mean my mom). Now I'm on to using up the yarn I don't particularly care for, hoping to sell the finished items. I knit for the process, to keep my hands busy, and great if I can recoop some money!

[rmc28]

Yay for making progress :-)

A few steps closer to a cleaner garage.

[sisterofbloomerjunior]

Finally recycled those electronics, oil filter, and aerosol cans I had mentioned - I think - back in March.

Re: A few steps closer to a cleaner garage.

[rmc28]

Hurrah!