the little wild kingdom

[flowerbug]

found a bit more glass yesterday and got that picked up and then finished weeding and clearing one garden so it is ready to plant (i'll have some thyme to bury in that garden too as it was trying to take over from the neighboring small garden).

then watered the peas (all up and growing) and first beans (just coming up).

after that it was weeding the small skinny garden inside the fence along the south side. the garlic in there looks to be doing ok so far. as i was weeding noticed some Virginia Creeper starting up the fence so had to weed along there on the outside, but that was ok because i also had to go back behind the fenced gardens and weed that pathway.

that was enough for yesterday, today i hope to get the grass mowed again and whatever else i can do. temperature and breeze will be perfect.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Work is picking up but sounds like your weather makes it pleasant!

 

[flowerbug]

Work is picking up but sounds like your weather makes it pleasant!

it is now cool and rainy for the next three days, mid 50sF for daytime and down to low 40sF for nights. not too likely to get much done outside. the next forecast for any UFO sightings will be Saturday.

 

[flowerbug]

i did get the livetrap set for the groundhog. i made sure to chain it to the fence so it won't get dragged away by something else (raccoons) or roll down into the water. not sure the groundhog will go for the bait with the change in habitat i did next to that spot where i placed the trap.

apple slices, peanut butter and carrots. i'll admit i ate some of those as i was putting them in the bait pan.

then the other part of the "behind the fence operation" got going. i needed to remove a honeysuckle bush and some grape vines. took about an hour for just the one bush and those grape vines and then i found another grape vine to trim and in the process of throwing all that over the fence and hauling it away and pulling some stalks off the rhubarb i found some poison ivy and when tying the fence door closed i noticed there was even more poison ivy right there, so perhaps now i know where Mom and i may have picked it up a few times and not known where it was coming from. so i pulled that out of there and came in and washed my hands and put all those clothes in the sink to wash with soap a few times before they go into the laundry. and now that i'm laying here and taking a break i think i forgot to close that gap in the fence well enough so i'll have to go back out there and do that when i get back up. i also found out the maximum number of times i'll wash my hands if i think there's poison ivy sap on them (13)...

am i going to get anything done for the onion patch i was hoping to plant tomorrow? the mystery continues... it's only 3:30pm, there's a chance...

p.s. working near the lilac tree and in the honeysuckle bush (both in bloom) really pissed off my lungs.