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Five Yards

It’s time once again to mulch the garden. The weeds are high, and the ground is dry. Mulch smothers the weeds and keeps the water in the soil longer.

Last year I got four cubic yards of mulch. I’ve decided that each year I would add one more yard to the order until I clearly reached the point of getting too much. So this year’s total is five yards. It’s quite a pile. I was concerned about not being home because of high school graduation in the morning. But as it turned out, the mulch guy was late, so I was home. I laid out some tarps, and he backed the truck into my yard and dumped all the mulch out. Easy-peasy.

I wanted to spread the mulch into the garden immediately, but yesterday was HOT. Today and tomorrow are also supposed to be HOT. Dang. Do I spread it when I have lots of time, but the heat index is 110, or do I wait until it’s cooler but I have to rush? I think I’m going to go with the “cooler” option.

Until then, I’ll just have this huge pile of mulch in my front yard.

Sorry you have to look at this, bank people.

7 Comments

  1. Beth

    I like the angle on that picture. It’s nice to see your whole house.

    (And I think you should just get up at your regular before-God time and do some mulching before school wihle it’s still cool and before you shower to go to meetings. That’s my vote.)

    • Deanne

      That’s a great idea, but isn’t he going in early to grade papers?

  2. Lauren

    Could you please, please, please make a giant headstone and put it at the end? That would keep those robbers and rabbits away!!

    • Kristi

      We could call it Rodent Hill.

  3. Lloyd

    I think you should go into a modified detasseling schedule. Get up at 4:30, be out working by first light, but then call it a day around nine and head in to school. If that puts you there a little late you should just say something like, “my mother is very ill”.

    • Beth

      Or perhaps you could say, “My sister had a hair tragedy.”

      • Michele

        Again Beth – you put a smile on my face and a chuckle in my heart. You are funny!

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