"It's my OCD Project!" I yelled


Before: I just got started on the driveway weed project
After: It's done for 2019!

A neighbor jogged past me on Monday and took a look at what I worked on.

I was kneeling at the top of our driveway, which stretches 15-20 feet across. The juncture of the driveway and our street, 208th Avenue, was filled with weeds and I was on a mission to pull them out.

"This is my OCD project!" I yelled to the jogger, only half in jest.

For the second summer, I tackled the weeds on this part of the driveway. Looking up and down our street, it appeared that our property was the most weedy. We can't have that!

The tools used are a container of water, gloves, a kneeling pad and pair of pliers. I found regular pliers were the best tool to use, after trying the weeder, as well as needle nose pliers.

The process:
1. Sprinkle water on several feet of the weeds, making sure it soaks into the dirt.
2. Wearing gloves, pull out the weeds about an inch at a time. Use the pliers at the base of the weed, and it may come up, root and all.
3. Marvel at what you find beneath the weeds, such as the many sticks, and different insects.

I have to "fire up" to do this task, but it looks just great after it's finished. This year it took about three hours, spread out over two weeks to clean the space.

It was surprising to see what's in a long line of weeds: Sticks -- lots of them, striped worms, burned grass clippings, and assorted debris. I aimed to pull out each weed by the root, which worked maybe half the time.

Thank goodness the "OCD Project" has ended for 2019.

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