Very productive weekend, so far

Been taking advantage of the wonderful weather we've been having lately. Yesterday when I got home from work I helped the youngest clean out the shed. Boy, did it need it! While he was doing that, I had the oldest rake all the pine needles up. One side of the yard is all lined with pine trees. Beautiful with the snow laying on them in the winter, but they are messy. When we first moved in here, I think the pine needles were like 4 inches thick, lol! I've discovered if I rake them, I have perenials that come back all summer. Who knew? But, all the pillows and cushions are out for the summer furniture, which I also got out and arranged. The furniture does need a good cleaning. I saw a comercial for the mister clean magic eraser, theyused it to clean outside furniture. I want to see just how clean it really gets the outside furniture. But, by the time we got all that done it was almost 6 pm. To late for the boys to go to youth group, so we ordered pizza, I made wings and we rented movies. The oldest and I had a hard time moving after we sat for a while, lol.

So today I re raked the yard. I wanted to get all the twigs and stray pine needles and rocks. These things my lawn mover doesn't like. The oldest started on the garden. He went through and pulled all the dead plants out, except for the kale. I didn't know kale comes back every year. I guess it does, ours had little green shoots on the bottom, so I had him just pick off the dead tops and that's it. Now, I have to find recipes for kale since it looks like I'll be having that all summer again. He started digging the garden to. I told him to just do small sections at a time. I also want a small herb garden this year to. That will be news to hubby, lol. I have the perfect spot all picked out. Just waiting on the oldest to dig that one to, lol. Poor kid, at least he'll have muscles! I had bought a cheap gazebo that I wanted to put on the back deck for shade. Well, I thought my deck was bigger than it really is. The gazebo was to big, so we ended up putting it out in the yard. Oh well, I tried. We'll see how long this gazebo lasts with the summer storms. You watch, it will probably last all season long because it's cheap and not really what I want, lol. After I raked the yard I planted a few more bulbs in my in ground planters. Gotta say, I'm tired. Tomorrow and Monday it's supposed to rain so at least we got something accomplished. I'll probably be glad for the break come tomorrow morning when I'm creaking down the hallway, lol.

When I was out on the deck today I noticed one of the spindles in the railing looked like it was starting to crumble. I looked at it closer and it looks like I have a very hungry wood bee. It's eaten almost through half the spindle! There is another one that's been damaged, but not as badly as that one. It must have been very tasty. So I have to find something to keep them away. I'll have to ask hubby because a small hole I'm willing to live with, but when you start chewing and doing noticeable damage, then we have a problem, lol!