Here's an interesting bit about cuss words.
The @#$%^& I typed above, as a stand in for cuss words? It has a name.
Grawlix is a term for the use of an unpronounceable string of punctuation in place of a curse word or other taboo term. It can also be called “obscenicon” (a portmanteau of...
She said it might be a milk snake instead; they're related.
Either way, thank you, snake, for slithering the other direction. You weren't bothering me, so I didn't want to bother you.
Whatever is eating the plants in my garden, however... You are bothering the @#$%^& out of me!
I sprinkled that around the chard. And the dill, peas, and beans.
Maybe I'm not using enough.
I am seriously considering collecting urine (mine) to use around the garden. Has anyone done that?
I think Widget is "partially broody." She's been in the nest the last two nights at lock up. I take her out and put her on the roost. I see her out and about a bit in the morning, but come mid afternoon, when I do chickie snack, she's back in the nest.
I tossed her out and closed off that nest...
Good luck!
I just set a trap in my garden to catch whatever is mowing down some of my plants! I think I see damage from two different animals.
A deer could be reaching over the fence and lopping off the sunflowers. It's not getting inside the fence, because I don't see hoof prints.
I don't...
I have something eating my: bush bean plants and chard. Those are short plants. Something has also eaten the the dill (8-10" tall), sunflowers (12-14"), and climbing peas (18-24"). Those things have the tops chomped off. Conceivably, a deer could reach over the fence on the peas and sunflowers...
This made me shriek when I saw it in the green house. Just the surprise of it. I don't mind snakes. Too much. A friend identified this as a corn snake.
So today, I have a side quest. After that, I will strengthen my alliance with the Chicken Queen and her flock by visiting her castle with an offering of bugs.
We get mail offers for our vacant property often. I toss 'em or burn them in the wood stove.
I got a text a few months ago:
Them: Is this Sally?
Me: Who wants to know?
Them: So-and-so with Thus-and-Such Realty. If we could get you the offer of your dreams would you like to list your house...
Today, I need to get all of this done.
Go to the store and the bank
Workout
Bug hunting in the garden
Help hubby move the stuff on the trailer to the pole barn
Move some bags of sand
Weeding/mulching
Laundry
...and I'm sure there's more I need/want to add.
Today we helped a friend clean out/rearrange his pole barn. I'd guess it's 30x40...? He has a '57 Chevy that was parked against the back wall, blocked in by stuff/junk/things he can't or won't get rid of.
When we left, the Chevy was parked facing the door, and some of the stuff was gone.
We...