The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #145656   Message #3376029
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
14-Jul-12 - 12:28 AM
Thread Name: Declutter & Fitness July 2012
Subject: RE: Declutter & Fitness July 2012
Mostly it was computer work today, and after having solved one problem at a site I moderate, that work has slowed to a trickle. The dogs and I took a walk in the woods across the road - they wanted to pull and explore rather than walk, and they just missed seeing a bunny (good thing they didn't or they might have pulled me into a thicket head-first.)

Tonight I set things up in the back next to the patio to do some work on the bricks in the morning. They are in a pattern with three at a per square, each square perpendicular to the next, but aren't cemented in. Weeds coming through the cracks have been a problem. They're also not level so water pools near the patio, and I want to extend the bricks (I still have a lot I can use that were on the property).

I have a weeding thing to pry them up and remove a couple of rows at a time, weed out roots and raise the level, then put them back. Then I'll be able to move some concrete planters from the concrete patio over onto the brick area. I have some soil ready to put in them and plant. It'll look lovely and the result will be a pretty landscaped area (and I won't have so many shin bruises from bumping into those heavy planters). I'll use vinegar to kill the weeds once the patio is back in place.

I'm expecting this to take an hour or so, something I can do before it gets too hot back there.

SRS