I power washed the house and brick on Friday afternoon. I think it is looking better. I'm not sure I notice a difference in the brick over all like people said I would. I do notice how much nicer it looks without the mold and mildew on it though. I had spots of mold, especially the north side of the house, in a few places. I was able to get almost all of it off. There is one spot on the north side I just could remove. I really tried too. I'm hoping with the yard all cleaned up and better ventilation and light the stuff won't come back.
Yesterday I spent many hours scraping and repairing the house. My house is all brick so I got to be up on a ladder working on the eves. My neighbor helped me fix a bad spot. The wood should really be replaced but I can't afford to do that right now. Once the wood dries out really well l am going to put wood filler in it and caulk it up really well. Hopefully that will fix it for a bit. I was able to get one short side plus half the front done. I'm hoping to caulk the short side on Monday. We have a chance of rain in the forecast most of the week (yeah!) so I am not sure what I can get done this week. I also got my yard mowed, edged and trimmed and picked the garden. I have a ton of grape tomatoes! I also discovered a bunch of squash bugs. Most had hatched recently.
I haven't been spraying so I had to do that too. I killed a bunch (squished them) and cut infested leaves and put them in the trash can. I'll have to be on top of things with my spraying for a bit.
I'll have to get a photo of how my zucchinio ramicante is looking now. It's getting huge!
I'm home from church this morning because Sasha has some intestinal issues. Poor thing. She got into the cat food.
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