A Bit More Done

So last Thursday I dealt with roots and getting the last camellia planted.  And after that was done, for some reason, I decided that I needed to do more.  So I pulled out the mattock and tilled a section one foot wide by about 5 feet long.

Friday, from about 3 am onward, my spine had a few words to say about that decision.  So for the weekend I focused on cleaning the house, sorting through old stored totes of sewing stuff, and prepping recipes for canning.  Nature decided to help reinforce those decisions by providing lots of rain for the plants.

To be honest, sorting through the old sewing totes was surprising in more way than one.  First because there were twice the number of totes that I thought there were.  Second because there were a lot of my old projects mixed in with the items from my great grandmother and both grandmothers.  My button jar is now a massive button tin, and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

 And then there was Monday.  I had to take a break in the work day to go get prescriptions.  Long story. Big headache. It was done and over but I wasn't able to get any outside time.

So today I made a few decisions.  One was that I was going to make sure that I got outside again, and that I would get the regular pattern reestablished.  It's been a bit too easy to slide out of the pattern of regular outside exercise time.

Second decision was that I was going to start going outside after I finish work for the day.  For right now, if I get started on my paying job super early, I get finished early.  That leaves me easily an hour before sundown to get some yardwork done.  And when the days get too short, I'll go out at lunch time.  This also leave me time in the evenings to just calm and settle, which results in me getting to sleep at a decent hour.

Third decision was that I'm going to start mulching my way around this section.  The cardboard will be moved to cover each next segment, and that will be mulched.  I'll keep doing this until I run out of cardboard.  At least this way most of it will be deep mulched as the cooler weather comes in.  And I can add on as more cardboard becomes available.

And last decision is that I will use the mattock to continue to till up the one foot area.  But only a little each day so I don't piss off my spine quite so much again.  When all of that is done, I will put in what plants and bulbs I have for that area and lightly mulch it as needed.