the Big Dig

this past weekend is the time I had set for the big dig. My perennial garden had not had much attention since I planted it 8 - 10 years ago. The grasses and weeds were starting to over run the entire garden. So after lunch on Saturday I started. I dug up all of the perennials and put them on a tarp. I had hoped for about 50 degree weather, but it was in the 80's. The sweat was running off of me. On top of the sweat, those little tiney black bugs were out. After 4 1/2 hours I had everything out. Then all of the ground got spaded over. That was enough for one day! Besides which, we wanted to stop and watch the Twins. We lit the fire pit and turned the TV so we could see it from the fire pit. Needless to say, the Twins did NOT look good. They lost and are now out of the World series hunt. Sunday afternoon it was back to the perennial garden. Leon tilled it for me and then I started putting things back. I broke up the clumps of perennials and put just some of everything back. It looks great again. And even better a friend came and took all the left overs. I hope she enjoys the plants.

Today, it was back to reality - work. When I got there I could not get into 2 of the main programs I use all day. Soon I also realized the phones were not working. Yipes! What a start to the week. Because it was Columbus Day we were not very busy. I think people thought we would be closed. We may pay for that tomorrow. Wednesday I head to Springfield to do training. I hope that goes well. It could be a looooooong week!