Stuff in the yard

I spent a huge amount of time this weekend (between 10 and 12 hours) edging the driveway. The fist day I was using a flat head shovel and a paring knife, and then upgraded myself to a step-on edger. It was a significant improvement, I tell you.

Before

During

Still during. There was a lot of during.

After. This was Saturday.

Sunday got me down to the road (at least on the right side.)

Things you find buried by the edge of the driveway.

I have about 40' more left to do, but there was a ground hive of yellowjackets I needed to take care of first. Last night, under the cover of darkness, armed with a flashlight and a can of Raid, I did the deed. This morning, there was no activity, so I think I'm good, but I'm going to watch the hole for a few more days to be sure.

While doing yard work things, I was going in and out of the shed. The door kept hanging up where the flashing was rubbing on the ramp. Eventually, I tired of fighting with the door. This was the door -

(Photo from June.)

I got out my hammer. And my screwdriver. And I yanked all that crap right off the door.

They had enough nails and screws on that thing to withstand a hurricane. The proper application of brute force and annoyance had it all in the trash bag in less than an hour.
Low and behold, there's a door under all that nonsense.

Behold! A door!

Granted, the metal flashing had been holding the moisture *against* the wood, so there's a few inches of rot and insect damage in the lower left hand corner. Nothing looks active, so I scraped out the loose stuff. It is not worth the aggravation to try to replace the planks.

Metal flashing didn't help here, what with the water splashing back up on it from the ramp. (no gutter)

I picked up some bondo-style patch, which has been applied. I'll sand, prime, and paint it at some point this week.

In other news, the phlox is still going strong.