Saturday morning chores

I'm brewing again. This time it's wine from grapes. The vines I planted about 6 years ago have finally given me a gallon of juice.

Have ye a green thumb like Axel Erlandson, Izzy?

Must have missed this thread, but here it is another Saturday. I have outside work everyday. This AM it was watering all the pots outside, clawing out giant crab grass looking stuff from around my Jasmin vine, picking up dog poo from the grass, cat poop from a sand box placed in yard, washed bird poop off the 2 decks. Too, too much poop.

The teenage son next door is raking last spring's leaves that were piled up in the corner of the yard front & back (we all have half-acre). Wonder what they have planned for the old ones when the new ones are coming down any time now. People who don't live in TX Hill Country would never believe the Live Oak tree horror. They have tiny pointy little leaves, curved just anough so they hug each other closely, and are not good for mulch either. Ya gotta get the leaves as they fall daily before they pack, cause some other brown stuff is gonna fall and pack everything down hard, even try to bury you before you're finished. Think oak tree fever, think cedar fever when the gunk blows off them.

I think he's probably unique. I'm reasonably successful with some of my fruit plants, strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries , cherries, apples and grapes. I've not had a great deal of success with my blueberries, and I've been unable to grow cucumbers for the last two years. Something keeps killing them, at first I thought it was slugs, now I'm not so sure.

I can brew wine though, usually country wines, this was my first attempt at proper grape wine. I wanted to be completely natural and use the yeast on the grapeskins, but some had gone mouldy, so I've had to boil the juice to kill off everything. When it's cooled I'll add yeast and nutrient.

Not much to do today, did some housework throughout the week. I do have to cut the grass and we are going to cut our next-door neighbors yard as well, he’s 72 and he hasn’t been feeling well the last couple weeks. He’s usually out doing yard work every weekend but skipped last week, told me he didn’t have the energy.

Laundry, we're having an unprecedented heatwave over here at the moment. We'll have a barbie later on, and my daughter's off to a Fresher's party at the Uni.

just washed the car

this is a very rare event!



<it had moss growing on it >

love it!

errands. Lots and lots of errands.

two loads of laundry this morning, vacuum and some grocery shopping

now to relax on a windy, wet miserable day

I get to the car wash about three times a year

Mother Nature does my vehicles for me.

Pretty much mine too. If it doesn't rain this week I just wait til next week

It hardly rains out here in CA, so I will probably head for the car wash...
As for chores, I have a huge mountain of clothes to iron - I hate ironing!!!
I did make it at least to the gym this morning after I dropped of the kid at
German school.

.....but, it's such a gorgeous day today, why waste it on ironing, right? There! I talked myself out of it.....

I've never been to Ca. Morgan was born and raised there. I was born in Puerto Rico, I told him I wanted to take him there for a visit, I recently found out he's been there five times now.

Just put a baggy over the engine and drive your vehicle into the surf, CJ.

@ Marco, then Morgan should take you to CA - especially where he lived - Laguna Beach, it's so beautiful there. Antonio would love Sea World and Disneyland too!

@ JTT, a German car won't do well in a salty, poluted Pacific.

I would love that! I think it's going to take him at least another year before he's ready to visit cali again. But we will someday!

You know living in Florida you have to do yard work every weekend. I would consider having someone cut the grass, a few of my neighbors have the same guy that comes out once a week but he does a lousy job, I’d rather do it myself.

So I’m getting the lawnmower and edger out of the garage once again on this Saturday morning.

We got up early, went downtown and walked to raise money for breast cancer. October is breast cancer awareness month and Antonio had $6.67 in his money jar and turned it in at the end of the walk. He’s an awesome kid.

dusting, dusting, dusting

Plus, I have out-of-town guests coming in a couple weeks so I'm going to start doing the major overhaul-type cleaning that I do twice/year.