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An Outside Kind of Day

The Herb Society of America-via-Cathy Ruggiero

The Herb Society of America-via-Cathy Ruggiero

We didn’t plan it this way, cause the heat index here this afternoon is 112 degrees F, but, for some reason, my husband and I have both been outside working.

I didn’t know it, but while I was telling you about the next step in our painting-the-propane-tank project, my husband went out to pressure wash the back of the tank! He hasn’t finished, but we’ve been reminding each other that sun stroke is no fun. We’re trying to take LOTS of breaks and drink LOTS of water between sessions.

I guess it was about a month ago that I spent about three days pruning and weeding a trio of brick planters we have on one side of the yard. I had it looking like someone actually lives here and takes care of things. THEN I got busy with the raised bed garden project and now it looks like we might be on a long vacation or might have moved away…

I got one planter on the far side of the garage done, and now I’m almost finished with the first of the trio. My goal for the weekend is to get things under reasonable control again.

I hope that you are having a fun, productive weekend!

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The Pressure is On!

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I’ve decided that our pressure washer is addictive. I am absolutely amazed at how well it works, and how much more you notice when there’s a chance to do something about it.

 

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We worked more on the driveway pad yesterday (a several-day project) and then tackled the 1000 gallon propane tank yesterday afternoon. We were chased off before we were really finished by storm clouds, but it already looks MUCH better than it did.

 

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I had used several different kinds of cleaners, along with a big long car brush we have, as well as a good scrub brush I have, but couldn’t even phase the grime. This is a sticky type of stuff. We sprayed the tank with soap, let it work for about 5 minutes, and then started with the water. Truly amazing.

This afternoon and evening I’m going to continue on the driveway pad and see if I can get that finished.

WARNING!  Pressure washers are highly addictive!

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