Spring Cleaning, Repairs & Mowing
Greetings from the island everyone. I hope that all of you are doing well and enjoying this much appreciated Spring weather that we have been having lately. We will continue to have late season northers for a short while still, but for the most part nice weather should pretty much be here. My dad has always said that when the northers begin to have west wind in them, they are nearing the end.
Well, I’m getting a much later start than normal, but I finally got my tomato seeds started and have little seedlings on their way. I’ll have a total of 18 plants this Spring/Summer season, consisting of 6 different varieties, including two new varieties, Atlas Hybrid and Cherokee Purple. I’ll see how the later start affects the outcome of their tomato production, but hopefully they will do just fine, and fried green tomatoes and BLT’s will be on the menu.
When living on an island, maintenance and repairs are a never ending chore. Over the years, the harsh corrosive environment and weather, especially the winds, cause problems and do damage to everything imaginable. Some repairs are very difficult to do when you live alone, so I was very grateful and appreciative when friends Britton and Susan showed up one morning, with boards and needed materials in hand, and helped with several much needed repairs around here.
The pier, ALWAYS a focus of repairs, had broken in several places and we fixed that. And the little gate leading from the pier onto the deck had completely fallen apart, so we built and hung a new one. The winter northers had blown everything awry on my outside porch island treasures display shelf, so Susan cleaned and re-arranged everything back in order to make it look great. This is something that I’m certain I never would have done. Thank y’all so much for your help.
With the warmer Spring weather and occasional rain showers, the grass is really growing again, so I’m back in full swing with my island yard mowing. I keep mowed eleven island weekender places out here. . it keeps me busy, puts a few dollars in my pocket and helps out the property owners from not having to deal with it the few days they are here. Thank goodness for John Deere riding mowers and Stihl weed trimmers, can’t beat them! I usually take Corky with me when I go mow, and he is happy just sitting in the golf cart watching me and napping.
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Well, that’s it from the island for now, everyone take care and have a most wonderful day.
