Posted by admin | Posted in Flower Beds, Home & Property | Posted on April 25, 2009
The month of April is sure living up to its name as far as rainfall, but my inner gardener rejoices in this because I don’t have to haul watering cans all over the yard. This was the easiest (cool veggie) seed-starting weather ever!
This morning we got up unusually early (before 8:00 am – wow!) and started the day loading the pickup truck with metal recycling. We like to do the most errands possible on a truck run, so we managed to get rid of junk, pick up a load of free compost and mulch at the Compost Dump, eat lunch, plus stop at Menard’s for carpet tack strip… all with Benji along too!
The carpet project was easy and ended with AMAZING results. We finished the edge of the hallway laminate flooring in the 2 bedroom doorways, then measured and cut tack strip for both transitions. It was super-simple to install, and using a handy instructional flooring book, we followed the directions to cut the bedroom carpeting to the proper length and tucked it in to the appropriate crevice. Voila! Beautiful carpet transitions on both bedrooms, and one step closer to actually installing bedroom doors. (The office transition will have to wait until we have access to a 4″ circular saw again.)
After that was over, we were ready to work outside again. (Just some minor sprinkles…) Ryan shoveled compost onto the garden straight from the truck while I planted 4 more patches of day lilies dug up from the well area. (There are still more left! It’s unproven, but I think they are multiplying in the bucket.) We ended the day by spreading mulch over several flower beds.
Good job team!