Yard Work II

I just finished showering, my clothes are washing, and food is cooking.  I'm back from my Grandmother's house and working on fixing it up.  I spent 2 hours at the house working and an hour running to Lowe's during lunch. 

I was out of trash bags and needed to pick up some more.  I decided to try those paper 30 gallon bags that the city will pick up if you call them too.  I also picked up some thick leather work gloves.  I only  need them when I'm working with thorn vines and rose bushes.  I found a 3 pack for $5.  They are too big, but considering that the next cheapest pair was $6.50 for one, I think I can deal.

Over at the house, I watered the garden and the plants I just planted.  Over by the side of the house, I pulled out some plastic liner and steel fencing.  The steel fence had all sorts of plants growing on it so that was quiet a challenge.

I also managed to pick up rocks, sticks, and trash for half the yard.  I combed the garden for sticks and rocks - I'm getting it ready for tilling which I plan to do on Saturday.

I started picking up sticks on the other half of the yard too.   That is the half that is littered with them.  I filled up one of the 30 gallon bags with sticks.

I tested out the gloves, with the thorn vines.  They work much better.  As long as you don't grip too hard, you should be fine.

That doesn't seem like a lot of progress for two hours!

I also found out the history of my cat, Cherry Blossom, that I inherited with the house.  No, Cherry Blossom was not her name.  I decided to rename her because no one knew her name at the time.  She seems to respond to Cherry just fine.  The cat was abandoned in Freer so we don't know when it was born.  The cat is probably 3 years old.  It had two litters of kittens before it was spayed.  It was spayed around October and had its rabies shot then.  It hasn't had any other shots.   At first they thought it was a male until she miscarried her first litter of kittens.  Her bottom was all puffy and so could not tell that it was a female.  I'll take her to the vet closer to October.