Coffee anyone ?

[Poka_Doodle]

Warmer weather here, with snow in the forecast.
Typical Sunday stuff to get done today, church, laundry, and clean my truck. Also going to pack the truck to hit the road tomorrow.
Working on making my grocery list. Going monthly is getting normal for me, but it is a little weird just how long of a list I have, and how exciting visiting the grocery store is.
Time to head to church, y'all have a lovely day!

 

[SageHill]

Ready to roll. Three sheep that need shearing are loaded into the trailer. They all were about to hop in on the first go, got spooked by a worker - I first thought oh this looks great until it wasn't. Not bad but a lost chance. Obi is working and doing well. All lined up again, tell him to move to a spot and he disappears. ARGH holding holding. Then I look back and there he is thinking he's just SO COOL with a big ol' toy ball (size of a bowling ball) in his mouth. Sheep know he looks stupid - they all go another way. Damn dog won't drop the toy. GRRRRRR. I finally toss it WAY AWAY and he gets to work. Two lost oppurtunities and the sheep are wise. DH helps and they get loaded. Obi - you looked so stupid. Note to self get rid of all his favorite toys before serious work.
Off to where they're shearing now.

 

[drstratton]

Good morning all! Calling for a chance of rain... if they say chance, they're covered...lol Looks like this might be the last week with any overnight freezing temps, I'll believe it when I see.

My plan is to finally finish cleaning out the garden. We're also going to put our Cana lily's and Dahlia tubers in pots. Oh and my tomato starts are also going into pots, they're starting to get quite tall. I also assume we'll be doing some work on the bathroom. It's going to be a full day.

Have a lovely day everyone!

 

[drstratton]

Ready to roll. Three sheep that need shearing are loaded into the trailer. They all were about to hop in on the first go, got spooked by a worker - I first thought oh this looks great until it wasn't. Not bad but a lost chance. Obi is working and doing well. All lined up again, tell him to move to a spot and he disappears. ARGH holding holding. Then I look back and there he is thinking he's just SO COOL with a big ol' toy ball (size of a bowling ball) in his mouth. Sheep know he looks stupid - they all go another way. Damn dog won't drop the toy. GRRRRRR. I finally toss it WAY AWAY and he gets to work. Two lost oppurtunities and the sheep are wise. DH helps and they get loaded. Obi - you looked so stupid. Note to self get rid of all his favorite toys before serious work.
Off to where they're shearing now.

But mom, boys just want to have fun!

 

[fuzzi]

I was not feeling motivated to work in the yard after I got home from church, but I made myself walk around the yard with my hand pruners. A snip here, a snip there. That morphed into working on the front slope, moving dead branches in a pile, and cutting down every sprout of privet, maple tree, and oak tree I saw, and pruning as much trumpet vine and honeysuckle I could find, mostly where they were tangled in my azaleas. At least the azaleas can breathe a little, now. Of course I managed to find poison ivy, too

Next step is to use the trimmer, then to follow up with the lawnmower to control the growth. Maybe tomorrow.

 

[Mini Horses]

Anything is an accomplishment! That's how I look at it. I reworked a fence area that had been abused by goats

 

[fuzzi]

Keith the goat is back...

Keith the Apocalypse Bringer is personally responsible for deforestation.

The report says this. The report is very clear. Goats are responsible for overgrazing, land degradation, and tree loss across fragile ecosystems worldwide. Keith is a goat. The case is made.

Let's check in on Keith.

6:00am - Keith woke up in a field in Devon. The field has a clay slope with a drainage problem and a blackthorn problem and, on the east boundary, an oak that Keith has been visiting for moss. The oak is not deforested. The oak has been there longer than the farm. The oak will outlast the report.

7:00am - Keith ate bramble on the south bank, which was, four months ago, advancing toward the one stand of mature hazel in the field. The hazel is still there. The bramble is not advancing toward it anymore. Keith has been eating between the hazel and the bramble every week. Keith does not know about the hazel. Keith knows that this is where the bramble is.

9:00am - Keith ate the blackthorn regrowth on the west boundary. Without management, blackthorn advances into the field at approximately one metre per year, shading out everything beneath it, and produces exactly the treeless monoculture thicket the report is concerned about. Keith is managing it. Keith is not charging for this.

11:00am - Keith escaped. He was in the lane for seven minutes. He ate the ash regeneration on the verge. Ash dieback has been devastating British hedgerows since 2012 and the ash regrowth on this verge is secondary growth from root stock that is not showing dieback symptoms, which makes it ecologically valuable. Keith ate some of it. This is, on balance, the worst thing Keith has done today.

Dave noted the ash. Dave is watching the regrowth. If it comes back it comes back.

The oak is fine.
The hazel is fine.
The blackthorn is retreating.
The ash: Dave is watching.

Someone stop Keith.

Keith is at the gate.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2038308102886260772

 

[murphysranch]

First of all: 65 hours this past week, MiniHorses? Are you crazy?

Second: I love Keith. (and the writing)

 

[drstratton]

First of all: 65 hours this past week, MiniHorses? Are youGordon!

Second: I love Keith. (and the writing)

Agreed!

 

[Baymule]

I woke up at 2 AM, finally went back to sleep and woke up at 8.What's up for today? No idea.

@fuzzi if you got into the poison ivy, wash with a clorox solution. It will keep you from breaking put in a rash and if you already have the rash, the Clorox will dry it right up and no more itching.