House has been deep cleaned and Halloween decorations are up. Dinner has been cooking in the crockpot since 10am so it's officially time to sit and relax for what little time I have left of the weekend.
House has been deep cleaned and Halloween decorations are up. Dinner has been cooking in the crockpot since 10am so it's officially time to sit and relax for what little time I have left of the weekend.
Enjoy your accomplishments and your decorated clean house, Klunick!
Not sure what I did differently than any other time I deep cleaned the house but I woke up Sunday morning and my legs felt like I had gone to the gym and did 6 hours of just leg exercises. Good thing I did 99% of the cleaning on Saturday so my legs hurting didn't really affect getting the rest of the house done on Sunday. Legs were still hurting yesterday but luckily today, everything is back to normal.Originally Posted by nswef
Started Sept 14 to fix/repair and completely screen in porch.... it is done as of today... Oct 4!!! They also put in new carports and did some inside work. Really pleased on how it turned out! Ordered a nice bench for the front (should be here Saturday) and bought some furniture for inside the porch. May get better furniture next year but will be adequate for now. Everything is so picked over. We will paint the metal legs on a table and I bought a really nice tablecloth for the top and pillows for the chairs. Worth every penny!
The new porch must be so nice. And there’s still some good weather left to enjoy it.
it is great you got that work done do quickly. The decor will be pretty.
I am for the first time considering pillows for our outdoor chairs. And a rug. The table and chairs sit on a deck which is so very blah.
I am not a serious person.
I’m in Texas so the weather will better in winter. We put in a ceiling fan so now early mornings and evenings are comfortable.
Congrats, frugal-one. Sounds lovely!
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Maybe this is a rave? A premature rave?
I have decided to hire a landscaper. That seems anathema to us plant people. But honestly, I’ve been struggling with this Hermann front garden for years now, and the “random pretty plants placed wherever” method of my cottage garden in the city is not working here.
For one thing, half of the plants I used in the city can’t be here because of deer, they eat the plants.
my little town of Hermann has several professional plantings that I keep a close eye on. I’m going to hire the landscaper who did one of them and ask him to use many of the same plants. That includes roses, which I HATE to take care of, but these are polyantha roses that require little care.
I am not a serious person.
A good landscaper/landscape designer can be a great thing. The one time I used it was when we had large shrubs under our front windows removed--they were out of control and not too pretty. I didn't know what to replace them with, so I brought a sketch, including the footprint of the house and garden, and the dimensions of the area I wished to replant.
I took it to a local family-owned garden center and asked if he could help me with decisions on what to plant where. He told me to walk around and pick out a few plants I liked. I did that, handed him my list, and right there, at the counter, he sketched out a plan for me. I purchased the plants and hired his guys to come and plant, but there was no charge for the design.
It was totally worth it. I think asking a local landscaper to help will ensure that they will be able to suggest deer-resistant and other regional factors to be mindful of.
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