Kathy547's blog: Around the yard

The yard is so over grown!!! It has rained so much lately & then it will stop raining for a few days. About the time it dries up enough to mow, I either have to work or it starts raining again. There are places so tall I have a hard time seeing the smaller dogs. I think this is the time of year the snake babies are hatching or being born & moving around. I don't mind the non-venomous ones but I don't want those venomous ones getting me, the dogs, or the cat. So I 've got to knock down what grass I can. I still have a lot of trees & limbs to cut down but I need to get rid of the existing burn piles before adding any more to them. I don't want them getting too big I can't control them by myself.

The riding mower needs a belt or maybe its just slipped off. We bought it used a couple of years ago & have never serviced it so I'd like to have someone do that. Or maybe I'll watch YouTube videos & see if I can do a lot of it myself. I think the push mower & the riding mower both need to have their blades either sharpened or replaced.

Years ago my husband hung the extra cast iron skillets we had on the outside wall of the old well shed. These became ideal places for birds & wasps to build nests so we would leave them alone in the summer time but then never get around to them in the winter. Finally, a couple months ago while it was still cool, I took them down. Slowly just in case. There was an old bird's nest in one & a wasp nest in another so I cleaned them out. My plan was to take them inside & clean them but they were REALLY dirty & rusted. So I decided to throw them on the burn pile & let the fire do most of the work. We already have 3 or 4 cast iron skillets plus a couple griddle that we use so these will be cleaned, seasoned, & put in a hope chest for the grandkids.

Here's some of the back yard & one of my piles.




Here's a small pile I started this morning.



Yesterday I moved my potato "patch" because I noticed it was in too much shade. The new location has morning shade but afternoon sun so hoping this is a better site. A lot of that brush will be cut out so that will also help.

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