We spent the entire weekend working outside in the yard. Running, bike riding, demoing a grill, and a couple copperhead snakes later, we are exhausted. Saturday we went for a run and worked in the yard. Sunday we went for a bike ride and worked in the yard. We got a new grill and Sam got a new bike. All in all it was a very successful weekend.
Sam worked cleaning out the bottom beds and got them replanted. The tall ones are elegant feathers.
This was our poor excuse for a grill. It is 61 years old and needed a face lift. The grill doesn't have a lid and burns through charcoal way too fast and the brick is in bad shape. We finally bought a new grill/smoker and this is going to be it's new home. So time for a remodel.
Unfortunately the mortar was is really bad shape and quite a bit had to get removed to get back to competent material.
I stripped all the loose bricks and cleaned the existing ones up. There were years of crud washed into the cracks and more than a few worms.
Saturday was spent relaying all the loose bricks and my back was really sore from sitting on the cinder block chair.
The grill/smoker we bought is the big green egg. It is a 1-2 inch ceramic-lined grill that can be heated up with a little bit of charcoal and then stays warm for a long time. I made a template and will be placing a concrete top to finish things off.
The garden is really coming along. We have been eating lettuce and the peas are getting close too. The fight is still on with the chipmunks.
Looks like we will be eating from the garden from now until December.
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