My yard managed to survive us being away in the Caribbean for two weeks, but since returning I really
haven’t mustered the enthusiasm to do much with it at all. I have a bad case of
the backyard doldrums and the yard’s been allowed to do as it pleases and it
pleases to turn into a tangle, plants and runners tumbling and running where
they shouldn’t run and tumble. Of course it’s always like this for me at this
time of year. The end of the season marks the end of my fanatical meticulousness
and I just allow it all to go native.
In some ways that’s good and there are still a few flowers
to be seen. But the warm weather has brought about a lushness of leaf that needs
to be managed ready for the winter. There’s nothing worse than waking up to an
untidy yard over the winter months and the pruning shears will have to take
their murderous toll before the bad weather really sets in.
Unfortunately those backyard doldrums are with me and I fuzzily float becalmed hardly bearing to look out of the window and see it in its current state. A good trim, a weed and a sweep is all it really needs. I just need to persuade myself to get on and do it. I know I’ll feel better once it’s done.
Unfortunately those backyard doldrums are with me and I fuzzily float becalmed hardly bearing to look out of the window and see it in its current state. A good trim, a weed and a sweep is all it really needs. I just need to persuade myself to get on and do it. I know I’ll feel better once it’s done.
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