A Spring-clean Dump and a Naked Burger

Yard waste "dump" cleared - with a  fresh layer of gravel added

When you have several properties and gardens that you are in charge of, it is never too early to get started with spring cleanup! And unless you have a "back 40" composting area, you need to find a place for all that debris.

With the cold and very dry weather, the city decided to open up the Butterworth yard waste facility yesterday, March 23, a little early--a place we affectionately refer to as THE DUMP. City street pickup will begin April 2, so I happily took my bags away, rather than wait--and/or pay.

I am glad  to have a free facility available. Eventually all the debris gets chipped up for mulch. City brown bags are $2.50. I would guess we had a $35 load. And when you go with a friend, it becomes a pleasant activity. Especially with such a clean space (see above) and no smell. (It is not like that in July, with all the steaming lawn grass piled high).

And then the reward of a little lunch or treat.

Actually, that is how I bribed friend O. to pick me and my bags up, in her very large SUV.

We found that the yard waste facility was not only spring-clean and cleared, it was devoid of any other dumpers when we arrived around noon. I referenced that it was like a ghost (town?) dump, although there were 3 city workers on hand. A women made sure we were residents and two men helped us unload and shake out the dozen or so brown paper and contractor size plastic bags. I guess they were bored, with nothing else to do there--but I never before in all these years have had any help with a car load of bags. One guy noticed one of O's tires was a little low...

Yes, I bribed O. with the promise of a naked burger. At the usual nearby Mc Donalds. She had a triple cheeseburger with no bun--that's the naked part! She is eating low-carb. I am trying to get on that wagon as well, although I indulged with two topless burgers--with just one exposed bun-top, turned upside down, lol.