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Goals 2021 -- October Recap

This month was not a massive failure.  Here's where I succeeded:
- Cleaned out and weeded the columbine bed, and divided some of the bigger plants to fill the holes.  Of course, immediately after doing that, the leaves started to fall, but perhaps that's a project for next month.
- Clearing out the raised beds that were finished for the season.  Some of them are still going strong -- strawberries, peppers, and the lettuce has reseeded itself.  Oh, and I have some volunteer potatoes in one of the beds I cleared, so maybe I'll get a few more of those yet this year.

Now, here's where I still have work to do:
- Patching the holes in the interior walls.
- Cutting the canna and wrapping the bulbs.  I thought about this several times, but the canna still look pretty good, and the front of the house seems so bare without them that I like to leave them to the last possible minute.

Though not on my list, I also did a LOT of work clearing weeds out of the cul de sac.  There is what I think is vinca growing there, which I would LOVE to have as ground cover, so I cleared away everything except the following: vinca, ferns, hosta, and a few of the more well-rooted cedar saplings.  Obviously the weeds I pulled are going to come back with a vengeance, so I just need to stay on top of this project (which took the better part of two weekends!) in order to give the vinca and other little guys a chance.

Goals 2021 -- October Edition

I've started a number of projects that remain unfinished.  Among them are:

- Patching some holes in the walls of our house;
- Weeding my columbine bed, and separating a few of the bigger plants to fill in some holes;
- Cutting my canna plants and wrapping the bulbs for next spring; and
- Clearing out those of my raised beds which are finished for the season.

If I finish all of those projects (unlikely), I have plenty of others I can work on:

- Another closet clean-out;
- Cleaning and organizing the basement, which has been neglected despite all the time we've spent at home in the last 18 months;
- Figuring out what to do with the shadiest part of our yard, and then set about doing it;
- Plan the redesign of the guest bath (though that shall not commence until the redesign of the master bath is finished)....

And the list goes on!  No real theme this month other than to get some things finished for a change.