I have 4 foot 2x3 welded wire fence encircling my cherry tree. The fence is about 3 feet from the farthest out branches. The deer know they can't jump in, and neither can they reach over to browse the branches.
The birds, however... got every last cherry before it ripened. :duc:mad:
I weeded two raised beds that are now empty.
I planted buckwheat as a cover crop in those beds.
I did a load of laundry.
I ordered a heated uncapping knife for our next honey harvest. :yesss:
The doc's office called with test results. The total and LDL numbers haven't gone down, but I'm ok with that. I'll get a paper print out in the mail (Gasp! how old fashioned!) and see how the numbers compare to last year.
Another plug for this book:
Your Blood Never Lies: How to Read A Blood...
Hubby is going to a tractor show today. He's going tomorrow too, with his former (and sometimes still) boss, Dan. Dan collects old tractors and restores them. July 4th, 2024, he got them out of his barn and had them in his yard. Hubby took pictures of them.
This isn't all of them.
He said it...
No, it's just for the weed suppression. It sprouts quickly and has decent sized leaves right away, shading out the weeds that sprout underneath it.
I plan to leave it until frost kills it. If it flowers, so much the better! Honey bees like it.
I'm thinking I might do a patch every year, and...