Although it was very hot and not Monday, I decided to go ahead and mow. While I was mowing I noticed that the algae was back on the front of our house. All the houses that are North facing get algae growth when it has been raining a lot and then the days heat up. This means I end up washing my house a few times a summer.

I just used a rag and a squirt of dish soap and it took it right off.

Because we live in an old house with old siding we sometimes get holes in the siding. Drives me crazy so I decided to try a cheap fix. Here’s one of the holes.

I just used some white duct tape and, unless you absolutely knew where to look, you can’t even tell there was a hole there. I did a test one months ago and it’s held up in all the rain we’ve had.

I wanted to do the back side of the house, but it was just getting so hot that I’ll just save that for a day this week.

Our grass used to be so weedy and had bald spots and I’m very happy to report that the front is now almost all St. Augustine. My little front garden is doing okay. It gets weird sun so although I have cucumber blooms I don’t have cucumbers or tomatoes yet. Fingers crossed they come in.