Week 21 review, plan for week 22

[rmc28]

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.

Comments

[yukonsally]

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]

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.