The Best Laid Plans....

Today began with good intentions.  As usual, my good intentions get messed up when I take a day off to do some work around the homestead.  In order for me to do what I intended, I had to get some gas.  So I had to make a "quick" trip to town.  From there on, it was fouled up.

Not that I didn't accomplish anything, I did.  Quite a lot, in fact.  Just not what I had intended to accomplish.

I did manage to get the new raised beds filled in with dirt and the soil amended with, of course, Fertrell.  I put in some Jersey Green sand and Kelp meal and Super 3-2-3.

I also dug into a long needed task of removing the fragrant sumac bush and brambles from in the center of the garden area.  I have been mowing around that thing for years, always intending to remove it but never actually getting at it.  I wanted to fill the beds and move on to the task I had planned for in the first place, working on fence. But I turned around and had a stare down with that bush.  I think it even bowed up at me.  I took its challenge.  Now I no longer have to look at it.

Then there were the usual chores around the homestead to be done, so, I never got at that fence.  Oh well, my children think I'm a hero because their beds are finished and my wife is pleased with the work we did also, so I think it is all good.

Tomorrow I head to the city for a gun show.  My family will be joining me as there is a very large consignment sale next door.  So I get to shop the gun stuff (yippee!) and they get to shop the sale, a win-win for sure.  We'll also take the metal detector and hit a city park for Civil War relics, if there is time.

I love the warmer weather, and am glad for the oppoertunity to take a day off from work and work here, which is where I'd rather be.  Chime in, what have you been doing around the house?  Leave a comment, I love to hear from you.