My Propertay

I bought a 876 sq ft brick house on a quarter acre of land in the Atlanta subdivision of Dixie Hills. I bought said house sight-unseen while in Boston and paid 20% over asking in cash. I still paid less than I had for a year's rent in Boston.

We're on a hill in a nice quiet neighborhood. Most of the neighbors have lived here for decades or they have inherited their homes from parents and grandparents. Most also state that I am the first person they have seen work on the yard in this property.

So far I have planted corn, onions, cilantro,brocoli, swiss chard, beets, cucumbers and green beans in the back. I have tomatoes, peppers, brussel sprouts, peas, fennel, strawberries, and some other things that I have forgotten what they were ready to go into the ground this week. Figs, artichokes, basil, and rosemary live in containers on my front porch.

If you're standing in the backyard, facing south, you will notice a mess of trees, weeds, brambles, and fallen limbs. It has been my ambition to clear this area and I have been doing a fantastic job, if I don't say so myself. Right up until the point at which I realized I have a lovely bloom of poison sumac on each forearm. One good thing, when I rushed to Kroger to get some cortisone cream, I finally remembered to buy paper towels.

I think I'm going to do the city-girl thing and pay someone to clean up the rest of this mess for me...