When we moved in the house was clean enough but the property is really a mess.
The former tenants burned all their garbage. All of it. Everything. Soda cans, food cans, glass and plastic bottles, paper, plastic plastic, plastic, ohdearlookatalltheburntplastic, radios, disposable diapers, make up, nail polish, aerosol cans, lunch boxes, toys, shoes, clothes, screen doors, tools, bicycles... I could go on and on.
Everything. They just burned everything. They apparently bought into the idea that "fire cleanses all" but didn't follow through with it so nothing burned completely and there are a number of stinking piles of half burned garbage in various locations around the house.
Today we cleaned up two of them.
This is the pile next to an old trailer. This used to be the first thing you saw when you drove in the driveway.
This trailer was probably used for dump runs in the last century circa 1993 or so. That would have been before the tires went flat and the rats moved in.
This is a close up of the burnt garbage. I wish you could smell it.
This is a rat nest under the trailer.
This is the second pile that got put in the back of the pick up.
It will go to the dump on our next run.
After.
I feel like such a weight has been lifted. I'm so happy that I won't have to look at or smell those piles of burnt garbage any more.
We found this many car batteries. One was buried in a ditch like part of the erosion control.
Dental Hygiene is important.
We started the garden. Erik built a box out of old pallets about 3x8 ft. We will probably build one more and we are going to put a wire fence around the outside of the sidewalk to keep the deer out of the plants.
See the reflection of the lake in the window?
We filled the bottom of the box with lava to level it up and for better drainage.
I'm looking forward to spring, aren't you?
After all that for dinner we made vegan pizza. I got some great photos and will post them tomorrow. Now I'm going to bed!
Wow I love this post. How cleansing. Sounds like the place will thrive under your loving care. Did ya do a smudge? ;)
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Thanks, Lucie! It was a wonderful day, a real cleansing and healing experience made even better because we did it together. Even the boy came out and raked some :) I feel lighter. Every time I step outside and see the area I smile now instead of thinking "ooo, how awful...blah, blah, gotta fix it, yadda" so that is a TREMENDOUS weight lifted from ALL of us!
ReplyDeleteI do smudge. Sage grows wild here and I smudge the house often. I didn't think of smudging outside but I will this weekend.
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