@Chic Rustler, have you considered adding ducks? @Beekissed had a great video of ducks eating potato bugs but I couldn't find it to add the link. But here's a link you might be interested in. I'm seriously thinking of adding some runner ducks here.
https://commonsensehome.com/duck-pest-control/
I pulled out the pile of old pellet feed bags so I could use them in the garden. When I went to get a scissors, I returned to find that the cat had claimed one for himself.
"This one is mine": :)
Agreed. The second planting should be in a fall garden. I dehydrate most of my potatoes. They go bad too fast otherwise here. I don't have a cellar (yet) or spot sufficiently cool yet to store things like potatoes.
Today, if you see a veterans grave, leave a penny. You're paying your respects and people will know someone was there. A nickel is if you trained or went to boot camp with the soldier/sailor/airman. A dime is if you served with the person. If you see a quarter on a grave, it means that that...
@frustratedearthmother that reminds me of that old song:
"Lemon tree, very pretty,
and the lemon flower is sweeet.
But the fruit of the poor lemon
is impossible to eat." :)
I tried growing lemon trees here. I'm just a little to far north. I DO like the old birdhouse. :)
Our figs are looking...
It's that time of year again, and we are having a banner year for ticks here this year. I know the winter was a hard one for most of the country, but here in the southeast, we got rain, rain, and more rain, with very few freezing nights throughout. I've already picked off more ticks on us this...