Had another day of yard work today. The last few weeks in Houston have been quite wet, and it’s hard to get an opportunity to do anything to the garden.

Anyway, today we managed to get some weeding in the beds, and get the lawns all mowed and nice.

Somewhat against the advice of Meredith’s mom we hit the local pawnshop and bought a little $60 gas mower. Yard crews cost upwards of $100/month, and that’s only when you can induce them to actually show up, so the mower will have paid for itself just after mowing the lawn just a couple of times. If it lasts the summer, then we’ll think about getting something better next year.

Meredith managed to start the mower, and enjoyed a brief ‘mow’ around the backyard.