It’s the time of year that many people start to do their spring cleaning. Spring cleaning doesn’t involve just cleaning the inside of the home of course. It can be cleaning the garage and I think it should probably include all of the regular types of indoor and outdoor maintenance we do for our homes too. Whether that’s re-painting the fence, staining the deck, or doing a little bit of work on the indoor plumbing. Spring just seems the time when we do those tasks.
One of the things that I’d like to do this spring is get a new mailbox. I tried to convince my husband that we needed a new one last year but he in turn convinced me that we didn’t. It turns out that I was right. The lid squeaks like crazy when we open up the mailbox to retrieve our mail and it actually stays open instead of falling closed. I think our mailman has given up on our mailbox because he just leaves it open all the time now.
I visited a site called Mailboxixchange and they have a lot of great choices in mailboxes. They have everything from mailboxes on posts, to wall mounted mailboxes – that’s the kind I need, and of course mailslots.
The mailbox designs are very nice. They have everything from antique styles to modern styles with copper finish. The site has given me some great ideas. Now to decide just which one we should get.
My garden is two raised beds on a cedar float. I spend as much time as I can at my floating cabin on Powell Lake, so a floating garden made sense. You can see it on my blog at http://powellriverbooks.blogspot.com/search/label/Gardening. I haven’t seen it since planting time in March, but it should be ready to harvest some vegies when I return in mid-May. Great site, I enjoy your posts. Lots of good gardening hints. – drmargy