And I like my American friends!.
I swear that one of the basements we looked at was half swamp.This one is at least dry enough to store our stuff in and keep a usable extra fridge in.
In time we hope to really clean it up and make it a really nice storage area, but that’s obviously a long way away.. Seemingly Random and Senseless Renovations of all Kinds.I can’t tell you how many times I’ve cursed the previous owners.Why did they do all these things to this nice old house?!
Well, I’ll tell you why.Because all of these things seemed like a good idea at the time and worked for the family here at the time.
And there was a lot of time.
So things like the wall paneling, multiple colors of peel n stick tile, and terrible paint colors, were all perfectly lovely at one time, I’m sure.. Here’s one spot where I’ve pulled up the peel n stick tile off the hardwood and then haven’t done anything about it since.The thing is, it still ended up looking pretty much like it does now by the time the season was done.
We really did dedicate a lot of time to it last year, but we just couldn’t keep up.We knew we’d have to do something different this year and maybe that’s why we’ve only planted just a few things so far.
This year is a little bit of an experimenting year.. We’ve read several places that the best way (and the only way for some types) to get rid of weeds and keep them away without using crazy chemicals is to smother them with black plastic.For several years.
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