We left for 3 weeks of fun and vacation the first part of Oct.
Our place in Ky. is a bit Rural. Our place also grows trees, flowers, and weeds
as though they were in the middle of the jungle.
The heat and the rain made for quite a bit of "cleaning up" for husband Ken.
This is an example of what we found. This is the north side of our old store building.
if you look closely you can see the poor rose bush in there still trying to bloom amongst the trees, (yes, I said trees, we chop them out once a year) poison oak, Johnson grass, and the remains of a few flowers.
This is a better photo of the roses. There were still several buds waiting to open.
This is the South side of the same store building. you can't see the rose bush on this side.
It's there, just overrun with Trees, (one is a good 2 ft. taller then the roof) and weeds.
This is the East side of the barn. There is Polk growing here and lots of trumpet vine.
Husband is allergic to trumpet vine. We cleaned this up very carefully.
The North side of the store building. We took out the brick flower bed.
Ken also painted this building and the east side of the barn.
This side of the building still has lots of spring flowers that will be pretty in the spring,
but will be easier for our "new" mowing kid to weed eat and mow around.
The south side of the store building. It looks a lot better since
hubby painted it. I don't have a good photo of it.. so let your imagination
run wild. LOL it's White paint.. Not to much to imagine.
I love how the roses still continue to bloom in all that mess..
:-)
I know shocking isn't it.. the East side of the barn.
We removed the telephone poles and the flower bed.
over the years the Polk choked out all the flowers.
now our " new mowing kid' can mow right up to the barn.
The trumpet vine has since been removed.
Ken continuing his cleaning up of the gymnasium foundation.
Poor hubby, he dug up stumps, trimmed bushes and trees, cleaned
out flower beds, and burned huge brush piles.
Most of the cleaning up is now done. There is still one big brush pile out back
to burn, but we can do that on our next trip down.
We both spent a lot of time outside. Ken doing all the hard work,
me running the wheelbarrow and providing food, drinks, and comedy relief.
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