Typically 4th of July does not count under the “major gardening project” umbrella.  We usually save that for Memorial Day or Labor Day.  Most people would be out on a boat enjoying the sun and celebrating.  Me?  I’m not so fond of the 4th of July.  Sure, I like the getting together with friends aspect of it, but any holiday that forces me to stay up past my bed time is no fun.  It doesn’t get even semi dark until at least 9:30 and by that point I’m ready for pajamas.

This year the 4th of July falls on a Sunday so that means many places give employees the Monday afterwards a day off for observance.  Really, bankers just want an added day off in the year.  It just so happens that my husband also has Monday off so I convinced him to take Friday off and make it an extra long weekend… so we can do projects.

We broke down and hired a gardener to come and clean out the corner bed.  She did a marvelous job and they even spread the last bit of Tagro I had.  This means I have space to plant the growing pile of plants on my front patio.  My husband and I are 1/4 of the way finished with weeding another section of the garden so that means even more space to plant things.  So the weekend will consist of lots of weeding and runs to the landfill.  There are some irrigation system things that need to be wrapped up and possibly a fence that needs to be mended.  We won’t run out of projects that is for sure.

So what projects do you have planned for the weekend?  Any?  Or do you plan to sit around and enjoy your day off?