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When things go smoothly, I am generally surprised. In my experience, DIY projects commonly involve a fair amount of problem-solving. Not yesterday, for me. The only thing that didn’t go as planned was the surprise of a large branch falling on our driveway sometime while we were eating breakfast. Besides being rather shocking to find that unexpected mess on the driveway that was clean just an hour earlier, it was pretty funny because we were coming outside to trim branches in that same vicinity.

It seemed like it would be a simple process of cutting down a few branches in order to give Cyndie’s garden more sunlight.

However, things went so smoothly that a few branches soon became a lot more than a few.

I needed to get the ATV and trailer to haul three loads of branches away. That ended up being a breeze. Without complication, the Grizzly started easily, the trailer connection was painless, the ATV didn’t create a muddy mess anywhere, the branches were tossed onto brush piles without incident, and everything was put away just as the farrier finished trimming the horse’s hooves.

The airspace above the garden opened up nicely.

There was plenty of time left in the day to trim more fence lines and even mow grass on the back side of the barn before dinner.

With any luck, the ground will be dry enough to mow most of the rest of the property today. I’d love to finish it all since I leave for the bike trip tomorrow.

I wonder what other projects I’m forgetting to address before I go…

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