Gardening Clean up Day

Back when I lived in Mississauga, this company that you see in the picture delivered soil all over the GTA. You would mark an "X" in your laneway and a tractor would drive up and put this huge bag of soil down for you. After you emptied the soil, you took the bag back and got a $5. refund.  The bag would close in on itself and keep the soil from getting wet if it rained. I sure wish they had a company like that here in Cornwall as my front lawn sure could use some. Oh the grass isn't too bad but it's very uneven and it probably wouldn't hurt it to have some fresh soil on it. The lady who lived here was in her late 80's and so I am sure not much maintanence was done. She had been an avid gardener but she had died the winter before we bought the place and so a lot of weeds took over the property. I saw no signs of any spring flowers like tulips except the half dozen that I managed to bring with me from Mississauga. There are lots of lilac bushes about and some hydrangeas too. Both of which I like. Of course she has some flowers that I absolutely can't stand and that is iris's. We have them in Mississauga and in almost the same damn spots around the house that are here. They have tubular roots and go down deep, not to mention that they spread underground which makes them hard to get rid of. In the 22 years that I lived in the last house, I never could get rid of the damn things and now I have to contend with the ones here! But since there is nothing else growing around them, drastic measures will be taken. And I don't mean chemicals as I never use that on my garden as I have been an organic gardener since the mid 80's There is no need for chemicals if you look after your yard and garden and tend it properly. Did you know the weed killer causes breast cancer? Yeah it's not a well known fact. However in the past couple of years our provincial government has banned those chemicals and is forcing the lawn care companies to use "greener" products. Of course it doesn't stop Joe Public from buying that shit in the stores. Until they are banned those chemicals will still be in our soil and atmosphere! I'll get off my soapbox now!
Anyway I spent almost 3 hours out raking and digging weeds today. I could have stayed out longer but I didn't want to overdo it. Afterall my granddaughter is coming for the weekend and I didn't want to catch a cold or be too sore from too much exercise. But the sunshine was nice and although it was chilly I wasn't cold with the sweat that I worked up raking.  We finally took the xmas lights down too. I needed Jack to go up to the roof edge to unhook the lights that were up there. Hopefully I will have more trees and stuff on the front lawn to put my lights on. It was a pathetic display last winter.
I am also planning on getting some kind of fir tree for the back yard once the pool has gone and then I will be able to decorate it too. The kitchen is in the back of the house so if I decorate the back yard we at least can enjoy it.

I had hoped my new dolls would be here by now. But I guess even though this is a border town, deliveries are not very quick. Strange. We are still waiting for our prizes to arrive from the Heart and Stroke Lottery. I really miss not having a digital camera, even though I can borrow Jack's whenever I want to. It's just not the same.
So not much else to talk about. That's why I didn't post on the blog yesterday. Why ramble when you have nothing interesting to say.
See ya