Myrtle

Spent just half an hour, rooting it out of the natives slope, around the ash tree. I'm letting it grow around the blueberries, but on the slope I want to have space for other things.

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Fall chores

Yes, April starts in two days. But I finally got the butterfly bushes cut back!




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Crops in

I planted lettuce today. Put protector over the bed. Did not water. It's supposed to rain tomorrow night.


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Spring thaw

After the snow storm that wasn't, a weekend with sun and relatively mild temperatures. Ignoring other responsibilities I ventured into the yard.



I cut back the ivy and Japanese honeysuckle along the dough slope. Quite thorough on my trees. Yay.

More work:
I turned over the raised beds. I pruned the redbud and oak and other tree by the raised beds. I cleaned and weeded the yellow bed along the corner.


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Too Many Deer

I just shooed FOUR big deer out of the front yard. Literally, I shooed them - they were in the yard as I parked in front. I yelled at them, and they stood there and looked at me. I went up the steps into the front yard, and they sidled towards the neighbor's yard, but stopped and looked at me. I waved my arms, shouting "shoo" and walked towards them. They finally flicked their tails and bounded off down the hill and in back towards the park.

Season-appropriate

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Fire notes

Cold out tonight, and snowing. Started fire with newspaper curls and a piece of fat wood and kindling. Put in three logs in the first 15 minutes. Cracked to door a couple of times to encourage it. Nicely built up now.


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