Well, I have put it off long enough. My three year old daughter yelled for me the other day in a distressing voice, “Daddy, there are trees growing on the house.” I looked up, and yep she was right. Time to clean out those gutters. I hate cleaning out the gutters. In the past, I have found various forms of plant life, lizards, bugs of unknown origin, snakes, and worms. I took today to get the job done. So I begin the process and hate it just as much as I ever have. Using my weapon of choice:
For those of you who guessed it, yes that is a kid’s hoe cut off so that it fits in the gutters. I am here to tell you that this little gem works well. You still wind up using your hands to get some of it out, but it saves a lot of cuts and headache. Of course the ladder was necessary to get upon the roof. duh.
Now I inspect the guttering. Upon getting on the hot roof, I discovered maples, oaks, and poplars growing in the gutters. Granted none of them were over 6 inches tall, but yes there were trees growing up here. I can’t even get grass to grow in some parts of the yard, IN THE DIRT!
So I got to it and finish the job done in minimal time. I am sure that some tree hugger is going to be reporting me for destroying some type of rare ecosystem here. I might have even depleted some of the oxygen to my house by destroying these plants, but now the guttering will not overflow and my daughter will not be able to go to school and tell her teacher that, “Daddy grows trees on top of our house.”