If removing trash from the streets wasn’t enough to send me running for the ibuprofen, I took on another mammoth project today. Raleigh is having a sale on mulch until November 15th where if you buy one truckload you get one free.
Kelly and I have long wanted to put new mulch down so we jumped at this chance. We borrowed a friend’s trailer and early this morning I drove to the Yard Center on N. New Hope to pick up a load. Ten minutes and $16 later, I had 2.5 cubic yards of wood chips. (Wood chips weren’t supposed to be part of the deal, but who am I to argue with the man in the booth?)
Getting the wood chips into the trailer was the easy part, thanks to a city bulldozer. Getting the chips out of the trailer was a different story altogether! The only effective tools I had were a standard shovel and a show shovel. It took me well over an hour to empty the chips onto my driveway.
Not being to leave well enough alone, I then brought the trailer back to the Yard Center for a full load of mulch (this one free, you know). It will soon be emptied like the other load, though I will do so leisurely. My muscles aren’t used to this kind of shock!