Cleaning Up and Moving Out
We continued having a good day cleaning up and moving out items from the potting shed. I had one nibble on the two acorn cement items that we used to have on either side of the front steps. When the gal told me she definitely wanted them and was driving two hours to pick them up, I marked as sold as per that information.
I had started doing more cleaning in the potting shed early this morning while it felt comfortable outside. I had sent Dennis to our local greenhouse with several flower containers that looked like crocks. It was a feeler as to find out if Becky would take them for her growing season for 2019. Dennis was back shortly and Becky would take whatever I had that plants could be put in. That was all I needed to hear! Dennis left our potting shed with half of the back of the pickup full of every sized container imaginable. Having had a garden here since 1988 . . . you betcha I had containers of all sizes and shapes and colors.
When Dennis came back, my next destination for him was to go out to the Brandt’s farm north of town. They raise sweetcorn and have a stand here in town every growing season. I don’t know how we ended up with a box full of plastic bags from the company in neighboring Butterfield when there had been a company that bagged bird feed. The cardboard box was six inches tall and you can only imagine how many plastic bags the box contained. The bags were perfect for holding a dozen ears of sweet corn.
Twelve-thirty today, a little hatchback drove into the drive and the acorns commenced to be loaded. She left with a bit more than she had anticipated. There was a six foot trellis that she got into that hatchback, two smaller trellis, wrought iron birds on poles to stick into the ground and an old iron decoration with an iron basket that would hang on a garage wall. Wow! She was tickled to have a car full and I was more tickled to see it go.
When Dennis got home from visiting with the Brandt’s, my gal from Chaska had been here and left. We were left with a potting shed that almost echos. I shared with him how much the gal from Chaska appreciated what she took home. Dennis shared with me how much Becky appreciated all the containers as by not buying in bulk, the cost of containers is huge. The Brandt’s were tickled to have an additional supply of bags. They commented on the thickness of the vinyl bags being perfect for the ears of corn.
Dennis and I have really done well this week by clearing out what we no longer need or use. Most interesting was the response of the people that were taken by surprise that we would share what we no longer needed and not expect to be paid for it. Who would have thought!
I have an egg bake ready to go into the oven for supper. I needed to use up some eggs as Marcia brought me three dozen from the farm last week. That may also take a batch of cookies or such.
Dennis was a major elf today with his little red pickup and I will admit to being a great one for disseminating what we don’t need. I hope the rest of you are having a great day also.