August 1 2024

 I used to have a saying, " I'm only passionate about one thing, yard work, I hate it with a passion". We had a big fir tree in front of the living room window, which nothing grew under, and it stretched out over the neighbors driveway so much so that they would ask us to cut it back every year. We decided to cut it down and remove the stump. The immediate benefit was an abundance of sunlight streaming into the house. The drawback was a large portion of the yard was just dirt covered in pine needles. I would have to dig it up and remove some roots before trying to grow a new lawn. The neighbor's dad owns a construction company and he was redoing his own back yard, he was so thankful we had removed the tree, he drove his skid steer around to the front with a 6 foot wide roto tiller attachment and made a few passes on our yard. We decided to plant potatoes to improve the soil for a lawn later on. The potatoes were a big hit in the neighborhood and I was soon know as "farmer Ed" even though I had no idea what I was doing ( luckily Deanie did ), I had a black thumb, not because I couldn't grow anything, I had hit it so many times as a construction worker it was actually black. Any way the potato patch has become a full garden over the years and it has made yard work not only bearable but enjoyable. 

Have a great day

Loved

P.S. Happy anniversary Dave and Louise