Anyway, I was looking back over the last couple of month's worth of posts and saw how much work we really all have done at the compound. A few months ago, an off-duty police officer fell asleep at the wheel of his car and careened through our front yard taking out several bushes, our flag pole, and a good portion of our fence. He's lucky he didn't die or get seriously injured, since a large piece of fence post went through the windshield of his car and exited through the passenger door. In any case, we finally replaced the bushes and the flag pole after a few months of stuffing our dumpster full of brush and burning what we could.
They look so small compared to the original bushes.
Nice to see "Old Glory" waving in the wind again.
The garden especially seems to have transformed from a disorderly weed patch into something that looks like it could just possibly be in Sunset magazine. We'll see if the veggies actually come out worthy of a magazine article. I know that they will look much better this season due to the change in watering. The soaker hoses seem to be just what they needed. Even with my negligent watering, the plants seem to be doing fine and I even noticed that a couple have started growing! This weekend's project is to take some compost out of the pile and spread it around the base of the new plants. Hopefully give them a little extra energy to grow up healthy.
Speaking of weekend projects...they never actually end...husband is going to construct a portable home for the teenagers. That way it doesn't have to stay permanently in our way. They definitely need a larger home. I came home for lunch today and as I was leaving, there was quite a ruckus in the garage. I looked in and the little ones were having some sort of track and field event in their tub. There was jumping, running, and hurdling going on. Very silly. But as a result of all these shenanigans, their food and water containers were completely full of shavings and poop. Ew. Time to move into a larger accommodations.
Some watering adjustments, some sprinklers since the grass is already starting to get brown, some flower planting...that should do it for the weekend.
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