May 29, 2005

 weekend yardwork

ray worked with the electric chainsaw and trimmed back the remaining overgrown shrubs along the back of the house:
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and this morning my neck felt good enough to keep plugging away at the back patio. i whacked away more of the embedded dirt and weeds, uncovering more flagstone and brick. (the brick apparently goes all the way around the perimeter of the stone.) i also set up the $99 (!) patio set which practically killed my car... i totally want to have breakfast here every morning:
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progress feels good. sore muscles do not.

by the way, there are two yucca plants in that photo which are going to be blooming any day now (the "pods" of one of them sort of arc over the lamp-post in the picture). a neighbor stopped by today and told me that when they do bloom, we can actually eat the white leaves... she suggested "in a salad". is this a good idea?

Posted by xta at May 29, 2005 06:05 PM | TrackBack
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god.
it looks so nice.
I want to have breakfast there too.

Have "Ray" put that tarp away.

Posted by: blackbird at May 29, 2005 06:57 PM

Impressive! The new patio furniture is cute, cute, cute! (and such a steal!)

Just because you can eat something doesn't mean you have to. Kudzu is edible too. Don't forget those yard onions. (I don't know if you can eat those!) A regular backyard salad...

Posted by: John Boy at May 29, 2005 09:37 PM

That Salvadoran restaurant off 15-501 has fried yucca on the menu, but I'm pretty sure it's the root. It's sort of like big fat French fries.

Posted by: Sarah at May 29, 2005 10:52 PM

I love how the electric chainsaw also rearranged the furniture.

Posted by: Phil at May 31, 2005 12:37 AM
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