All that to tell you that yesterday I went outside and just sort of tugged a bit on one of the mystery plants that I want to get rid of and it literally just eased right out of the ground. They all came out that easily and then, I lost my mind. I destroyed, I opened a can of...um...the friendly version of kicking butt. We were outside for more than four hours trimming and ripping and raking and shoveling and killing bugs and scaring lizards and going crazy on the chaos.
That Mexican Petunia is a bugger. NEVER get it for your garden; it takes over and then you have to go postal on it to get it out. And even then there's no guarantee that it's not going to grow back.
Reminder "before" pictures.
And after we went to town it all.
It looks a lot better already even though it's hard to tell from these pictures. The only bad part is that my back is killing me. Oh well...today, there's more tile to clean.
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It'll look barren for a while compared to the other state. What did Del think of it all? How's your back? Get that compost pile going and we'll have some awesome dirt to enrich the soil with. This will be fun! Good job!
I remember when I moved into this house, I was 7 months pregnant with Ethan. For about 5 weeks, nothing could stop me. Every day, no matter how tired I got, I scrubbed, organized, unpacked, decorated...Then the pregnancy hit me like a ton of bricks and I sat on the couch for the last month! But it is so rewarding to see your house improve by your work, isn't it?
You go girl! You make me feel like a lazy bum. (Well, I am a lazy bum!)
But doesn't a good days work make ya feel so accomplished? Even though it hurts. I hope your back feels better soon!
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