Over the last three weeks I have discovered that I actually like yard work. I enjoy cutting down trees, raking dead grass, and even shoveling dirt. Unfortunately with an older home doing a simple chore (Y) sometimes requires completing a number of dependent subtasks (Y1-x) prior to getting started on Y.

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(Y)My goal for the past weekend was too get some grass seeds down in the front yard in an attempt to have a lawn closer to green than brown this summer.

The first day of work went pretty well, Katherine and I procured all of the necessary materials. I spent four hours with my new bow rake and cleared away most of the dead grass from the yard (two 35 gal. bags worth). With that out of the way, all I needed to do was put down the seed, the fertilizer, and start watering the soon to be lawn twice a day.

The second day didn’t go quite so smoothly.