1. Jessica took a picture of her harvest yesterday morning. Clockwise from left, we have cucumbers (can you believe it? We’ve never been able to raise cukes!), tomatoes, the outlet that’s still unfixed because I left too little room for the screws when we installed the tille (I should just fix it with construction adhesive and a shot of black spray paint), eggies, peppers, Bizarro Carrot Sculptures, broccoli, green beans, and Swiss Chard in the center. Jessica’s second crop of spinach is up, and yesterday she planted a third. Any spinach that we can’t harvest this fall will come up by itself in the spring.
2. The BTWR died this morning. We heard him squealing early on; when Jess went down to investigate, she found him crouched and unmoving by some rocks in the front yard. Apparently the poison was getting to him. She called me down and I put him out of his misery with a large rock. It’s sad, but we can’t have him eating our engine. It would have been better if he’d just stuck his nose in that trap. Bang! It’s all over. A note to all other BTWRs in the area: you are welcome in our area. Just stay out of our cars.
3. We got a bantam (smaller breed) rooster last night. Since all our poultry has come for free, we take what we can get. Even though he’s smaller than all the hens, he started his job first thing this morning. We’re hoping he can help perpetuate the flock. Maybe they’ll start laying smaller eggs. That’s life!
Great PICTURE! Food… you are making me hungry. Food from a garden reminds me of staying with my grandma. We would have things from the garden for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast you say…YUP! Grandma would say…we eat corn flakes and corn flakes are made from corn. So we are going to have corn!I am so glad to hear the your rodent is NO LONGER. The Green machine is safe!Have a Great WEEK!
1. That's a beautiful harvest . . . what a great job for a garden only in it's second year!2. Put mothballs in your engine. Just hang a cloth or nylon net bag of them somewhere near where the BTWR tried to nest. The dogs can't get it, (as if they'd want to–yuk), and it'll keep the varmints out of your engine. Got that tip from our favorite service tech at the car shop, when we had mice hoarding dog food in the ventilation system of the 4Runner. (I wouldn't recommend that–it's smelly and highly expensive to fix.)3. If you posted a want ad on Craigslist, or let it be known in the stake, that you're on the lookout for a rooster to improve/enlarge your flock, I have a feeling there would be someone who is looking to get rid of one.
) Have you asked (oh fiddle!) the-sister-that-lives-in-the-cool-barn-on-the-way-to-Upland-Dr in Sandpoint? Why can't I remember her name? Sigh. I have a lot of remembering/re-learning to do.