Yard, Gardens, Birds and Critters

I Didn’t Wear My Gloves By Mary J Williams © No gloves on my hands Digging up weeds Where are they you ask Put them on, you should plead Will I ignore you Probably so I’m digging and weeding And I’m on a roll Don’t want to stop If I do, I might quit Pulled so many weeds My hands are full of grit What’s that there On my left index finger Oops looks like a skin tear I’m not going to whimper Just a little tear No blood do I see I continue on Before it’s over there may be three Have rinsed off my hands With the spray on the hose Cleaning out the fingernails Until no more dirt shows Those gloves were laying Not twelve feet away Sorry, too far to walk Is all I can say Not really, not far But hands already a mess Putting on gloves now Wouldn’t make any sense                            ...

I Don’t Listen By Mary J Williams © I told myself Before going outside Just do the watering Nothing else on the side Did I listen to me I don’t think I did I grabbed the clippers I thought I had hid Over to a bush Growing out of another plant This will not do That is my rant! Take the clippers to it Cut that bush down Did the ID first Before cutting to the ground A Possumhaw Holly Was the name of the bush No clue where it came from Cutting was hard, then gave a big push Well, that is cut down Try to dig out another time As long as I don’t hurt The crepe myrtle that’s mine Then trimmed out Two Coreopsis growing there Even pulled weeds More and more I swear Trimmed up the Bee Balm No seed tops to save All eaten up Nothing for another day I then begin to water I am all worn out I didn’t listen to myself Now I’m sore and going to pout          ...

Today Was Another Day By Mary J Williams © Today was another day Digging all by hand Pulling up all that sod For a plan, oh, so, grand But..I am a little old 79 to be exact Sitting down and digging Is hard and that’s a fact Derrick has been helping If he couldn’t, I would cry It would be a year for me I say with a great big sigh Even with Derrick’s help It’s still taking some time It’s hard work digging up sod Not to mention all the grime Chris helped out today Brought the truck over to me Picked me up to go to Menard’s Compost and mulch, at a little fee Seven bags of one Twenty bags of the other Unloaded at the house Hopefully won’t need another Going to till that compost in Then the mulch will go down Still want a new path from the drive How? I say with a frown I found out there are five trees I have that need planted They are in pots by the drive There for a long time, granted Last year at Arbor Day I swear I had their names Looked today and ...

 I realized this morning I use the bending for many, many things. I went on the deck and got the birdfeeder with the nuts in it. It was almost empty. Bent over to get the can out. It has a lock handle so had to pull on it, while bending, open it and the top of the feeder, fill the feeder, and then shut everything back down, while bending. If you read the blog yesterday (poem) you will know I injured my back by pulling on weeds. At the time, I was very tired from pulling weeds two days at the church, plus carrying and putting down mulch.   This morning was another of those days that I almost did more then I should. Here is the story, in poem form, of course! Don’t Look Down By Mary J Williams © Early morning 6:32 a.m. Recycle stuff was in my hand Out to the can at the curb I went I did not look upon the land As I came back I saw a spot Looked almost like a coin I bent over to pick it up The back gave out a groan I stood up with the thing It was metallic but aluminum f...

Don’t Know When to Quit By Mary J Williams © No outside work for me today                                           My back and arms say no Too much digging and pulling So, now I’m moving slow Played a couple of games Did some email too Going to the library Give hubby something to do   On the way home Stopped at East End Drug Talked about our dogs That we all give big hugs Then on to the house I knew what I had to do Pulled in and parked Bag of weeds, quite a few Hauled the bag down the hill Bag’s bottom is nice and hard So slid it down, no lifting Time to empty, I'm out of yard Here I have to lift But two handles help me do it Then just twist back and forth The stuff comes out bit by bit Back up the hill What do gardeners do? They see a weed growing there And more then just a few So, bend and pull And pull some more One’s a little tough It’s quite a chore Uh oh, the back g...

I am back in the house! I was "just going to do" the watering. I don't know how to "just do" anything.  I ended up pulling out weeds and grass from around the pots along the sidewalk, then decided to move the pots, dug all the grass and weeds under and around them. Have a couple more to do but, that will be another day!  Plus, while watering, I see these things growing that aren't suppose to be there and I just have to stop and pull them out. Then you end up with a pile and I went down the drive and got the old container and lugged it up the hill and filled half of it with all that stuff. LOL!  I can't "just do", one thing.  Then, lol, I interrupted myself, while getting the shovel to dig out the grass and stuff, saw the bird seed cylinder on the workbench, so stopped and got the saw and cut it into 6 pieces. Brought the shovels and the seed up front. Took the seed in the house and to the deck and decided to get the meal worms and put them out...

One Hour By Mary J Williams © I went out to weed Picking up sticks along the way Digging up wild onions I think it’s time to play There are tons of honeysuckle That needs to be removed A couple of branches trimmed On the Redbud, to improve My mind thinks I can do it The body not so much Only an hour of bending And I think I need a crutch I still have to empty the bag Which means a walk downhill I am just praying I make it And I don’t have a spill After the bag is emptied Back up the hill I go Still want to put out birdseed I will just do it slow Bird seed is out Gardening shoes removed One hour is all I can do This day, that was proved   Front side by driveway- Yes, I use leaves as mulch down to the driveway