Sunday Miscellany
I hadn’t planned on doing any yard work today, but ended up mulching most of the vegetable garden. Mr. E had said he was planning to mow, plus pick up the grass from his last mowing, yeah — but given the wind and the 60% chance of rain today, I was caught by surprise when he started it about ten this morning!
Naturally I wanted to get it spread out as he dumped it — much easier that way than waiting even a day or two, especially with the rain predicted — so I grabbed my gardening hat, went out to the shed for the small rake (much easier for me to wield than the big one), and started spreading grass. He’d put some down a week or so ago, when I was doing something else (can’t remember what) and couldn’t get it spread, so I was actually working both batches. At a guesstimate, I’d say I got 11-1200 of the 1400 sq. feet of garden mulched before the starter gear on the mower lost a tooth or so and we had to push it into the shed. Only got sprinkled on a little, and the sun was actually starting to come out by the time we got done, so I promptly headed for my TV to watch the race.
Turned out to be a good one, and the rain was still holding off — till about half an hour after the race ended. (I find myself wishing TNT would maintain coverage of the post-race traffic trying to get out of town, but that’s pretty much chaotic from everything I’ve heard, so I can’t blame them for not.) I suppose I really ought to pick myself a driver to root for, just to add to the interest, but with an ending like today’s, that would just be frosting on the cake.
