Day 3 of working on the yard I decided to tackle the very overgrown weeds around our chicken coop. I didn’t want to use the weed eater because they grow so fast and I just wanted them gone. What I thought would be a quick task turned into 3 hours. I didn’t know much about Johnson Grass before I started, heck I didn’t even know the name of this atrocious weed, but I know much more now. The roots are very long with a bulb like structure at the end that resembles peas stuck together. You cannot just pull them up with your hands either. I had to use this garden weasel thing that has prongs on the end that you push into the ground and twist. That only loosens the roots. I then had to use my weed shovel to really go underneath and pry it up.

If you don’t like insects, earthworms or spiders this isn’t a job for you. I thought my chickens would like the earthworms, but they turned up their noses at them. They do however like baby snakes but I didn’t run into any of those today.

The weeds were so thick.

You can see where I had finished on side of the door. I ended up finishing the whole perimeter. It was really hard and there were many times I wanted to stop, but with a lot of water and determination, I finished.

I still need to go inside and get the weeds out of there, but they are only on the side and aren’t Johnson Grass, thank goodness.

The chickens had a ball on the pulled up weeds before I bagged them up for the trash tomorrow. They were digging around for bugs, but making a mess.

I still need to weed around the outside of the house in the backyard, dig up the grass in the fire pit and weed around the a/c unit. I decided to do one project a day so I don’t stroke out in this heat. Tomorrow I think I’m going to wash the front of the house and maybe also my car. I think I need a day break from weeds.