Ran outside quickly between the rain showers, grabbed the leaf blower and cleared the leaves from the patios, driveway & parking area. It’s easier before the leaves are rain soaked they stick to the ground Then if it snows the leaves are stuck on the spot til spring. So there is some madness...
The state flower of Oregon is the Oregon grape -Mahonia. It shows bright yellow blooms in spring , holly-like evergreen leaves , and fall color. Several blue berry type fruit is valuable for wildlife and a variety of uses including jellies, wine, and dye.
The berries are eaten by the birds. In...
Sorry Texas has been in a drought for awhile. I hope the rain Fairy’s go to Texas soon. I read the drought in Texas could affect the grain , hay prices to go up.
One of my horses had a huge gash on his upper left shoulder, 23 stitches . It’s a nightmare keeping a horse clean and stalled that hates to be stuck in a stall away from his buddies. He would scream at the top of his lungs all day for his barn buddies until I would bring his buddies back. Not...
@SPedigrees your porch looks all ready for Holloween such a cute flag with black cat / pumpkin.
We don’t get any trick or treaters way out in the country. Very happy not to have the door bell ringing all night and dogs barking all night. Miss the kids costumes.
When all your windows are...
@ducks4you yeap dogs love yogurt. Sometimes I put plain yogurt in their snack food an extra treat before bedtime. They all are very active. What kind of a dog? A quart is a lot.
I’ll give yogurt - my cup to the dogs and it’s licked clean. Then each dog will bring me the cup when they finish...
Yesterday mulched leaves with the rider mower which literally chops leaves smaller to blow over to mulch the gardens.
Then out checking the pastures and didn’t find any moles, gophers, ground squirrels or deer activity or scat. Alleluia…But I did notice that there were scads of mushrooms growing...
The ground is hard pack clay soil around the one stubborn T post. Couldn’t dig around the T. So I took the tree feeder has 3’ metal post attached to the hose and poking down thru the clay added water around the post enough to loosen then digging around the post. Then took the chain attached to...