Sunday, April 5, 2009

Lawn Mowing

Mowed the back lawn today - and found more glass, and quite big pieces which is concerning. There's always glass to see after heavy rain, but I'm not sure how to get rid of it all.

Why is there glass everywhere? I'd like to know that too. When we bought the place, it was a deceased estate. Relatives of the old man said there used to be some rough nuts living next door who always got on the drink. Being the d!@kheads that they were, they frequently threw empty beer bottles over the fence and smashed them for laughs. Fun times...

To add to this, the old man seemed to treat the very back of the property like a dump. Rusted paint cans, oil cans, old wheelbarrows, bricks, hoses, etc, etc. I think there may even be some asbestos bureid under there. He just let a choko bush grow over the top and forgot about it all. It's difficult to get it all cleaned up without a trailer and a digger, but it's getting there.

I've picked up quite a bit of glass, but I always find more. It's been 4 years since we bought the house now... and I'm starting to wonder if the only way to definately get rid of it all is to dig up the entire top layer of soil and get it replaced. Huge job though and would cost a bomb.