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Rachel Coleman ([personal profile] rmc28) wrote in [community profile] unclutter2020-07-11 03:32 pm
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Week 21 review, plan for week 22

Week 21

  • Freecycle: I successfully got rid of a futon, the old patio curtains, and the old TV, all safely no-contact collections. I find Freecycle exhausting and irritating to deal with, but all my recipients were in fact very nice, and now my house is emptier.
  • I moved the immediately obvious excess furniture out of the living room so it feels less cluttered.
  • I utterly failed to put the "charity" clothing collection outside on Monday, but on previous form, they will be round again in another week or two with another bag, and I have more than enough to fill that too.
  • I ordered three more curtain upgrades (the front windows in the living room, and two bedrooms) and they arrived.
  • I made a tentative list of gardening/weedkilling supplies (thanks for the recs last week!), but the first place I checked only had it on click+collect and we're still in self-isolation until Monday. And I ran out of time/motivation to get any further.

Plan for week 22

  • Upgrade the curtains, and list the old ones on Freecycle (with photos from the start, this time!)
  • Find somewhere to store the excess cushions that used to live on the Freecycled futon while I decide whether to Freecycle them too or not. But at least stop them taking over the sofa.
  • Get over my donwannas and Strim. The. Effing. Garden this weekend, while the weather is in the sweet spot of not-too-hot, not-too-wet.
  • Make a plan for getting weedkiller et al once I can leave the house again.
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[personal profile] yukonsally 2020-07-11 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
re: weed killer. Try boiling hot water on the weeds. I've killed poison ivy with this method and there's no need to leave the house!
rmc28: Rachel in hockey gear on the frozen fen at Upware, near Cambridge (Default)

[personal profile] rmc28 2020-07-11 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I have consulted with my mother, who has been gardening longer than I've been alive, and she has recommended me a brand (Resolva) which is delivered by Amazon. So I should be equipped by Tuesday, and the weather should continue non-rainy, not-too-hot all week, so I have NO EXCUSE not to keep up momentum.

Which is: I did get out and strim everything back this afternoon, and if I can make myself get out again tomorrow, I can tidy up from the strimming, and prepare for weedkilling and then mulch. So I should probably order the mulch now too.
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