I've not been on the bike for several days now, being busily busting my butt (and back) humping rocks and shoveling and raking and wheelbarrowing wood chips to mulch and smother the weeds starting to multiply in the yard.
I kept noticing the weeds were popping up through our sand and gravel front yard landscaping we paid for a few years ago, where the professional landscaper put down clear plastic and then covered it with fine crushed gravel and poisoned the weeds on the perimeter of the new yard. Not only did the poisoned weeds immediately come back; they also began popping through the plastic and gravel overlay in multiple spots.
Our neighbor down the hill from us is a professional tree cutter and remover, and during the warmer months of the year has multiple truckloads of wood chips from his shredder/chipper, which we have obtained several truckloads of in the past. We have found that a good thick layer of wood chips seems to keep the weeds at bay much longer than plastic and gravel, most likely because the wood chips immediately begin to decay and "cook" themselves under the first inch or so of chips and this action seems to kill or at least dramatically slow down weed growth. A couple of days' work for a young buck, but over a week for me, what with laziness and procrastination thrown in.
Yesterday I pretty much ran out of chips and put in a call to our neighbor for another couple truckloads, but until he delivers some more, I have more time to do other things.... like work on the RV and get it ready for our upcoming summer trip.... and ride the bike.
Today Jazzy and I did the usual short and sweet ten miles out east on Frost Road to Mountain Valley, north to Entranosa, south on Tumbleweed, and then back west to home.
I overdressed for the occasion. It's been freezing and frosting for the last week, with us burning lots of wood in the wood stove almost every morning to take the chill off the house, but by about 10 AM today it was already in the 60's and by the time we got to the paved road I had to stop after only a mile or so and strip off a layer, which involved removing my outer layers, one of which was Jazzy's belly harness.
Of course, immediately it got a little cloudier and cooler, but not enough to make me regret removing the extra layer.
Beautiful weather today..... wish we had more time for longer rides, but I have to get a new floor installed in our RV for an upcoming overnight trip. Amongst other projects....
Today's thrilling video is an old fart taking a break and walking his dog. Don't Laugh
I SAID not to Laugh....
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.7 Ending Voltage: 13.1 Lowest: 13.0
Lowest Temp 64 F Highest Temp: 87 F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 10.54
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
4.5 MPH 8.0 MPH 30.0 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
2 hours 21 minutes 1 hour 19 minutes 1 hour 2 minutes
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