September 5, 2016 - Labor Day and so much work to do

That title pretty much says it all - there was so much that I had wanted to get done this summer, and it feels I have greatly fallen behind.

We got four loads of mulch for the garden, and I still have a half of one load sitting in the driveway. It has to be gone before winter, but I can't get it into the garden until more weeding takes place, so I can spread it among the plants. So, weeding then shovel mulch onto the cart, take cart into garden and then shovel mulch off of cart.

Some of the outside door trim needs painting. A bit of it was cracking, so we started scraping the worst parts. Now, I need to finish scraping door trim and the trim around the building - making it look worse before it looks better. Then prime, then paint. Not a job that will be done and dusted in an afternoon.

Some of the trees need trimming. I've done a few, but I think the ones by the driveway will be next - they are hanging over the drive (nice) but also drooping down almost on top of the car (not so nice). So I need to get out the pruning saw and then clear up afterwards.

The raised bed in the vegetable garden needs cleaning up. It was a successful summer in the tomato and spaghetti squash departments, but they were planted too close together (a lesson for next year!) and need to be trimmed and cleaned up. And the excess plant matter, leaves and stems, need to be taken to the compost.

We have an old apple tree on the property that produces lots of apples, but hasn't been taken care of for many years. Time to figure out what to do with that - whether it needs trimming, spraying or whatever else you do to apple trees to keep them healthy and the fruit edible.

At least the mowing is not out of control.