It always takes me much longer to plant things than I estimate. Things get in the way, like goats being in the wrong pen, or Reggie the Peacock puts on a show for Veronica, the Peahen, and I lose precious time watching her ignore him.
Or Sven, the new kitten, distracts me because Merriwether is teaching him how to pounce and fight. Sometimes, I lose an hour or two just picking burrs and ticks off of Gunner's coat. We use Frontline, but the ticks still get on him. I can't tell you how many dead ticks I have removed from that dog's hide!! So, I guess the stuff works, in that it kills the ticks. I want it to keep the ticks from jumping on him!
Lately, the ticks have been using Gunner for a ride into the house, where they look for better eats - John. Poor guy is removing ticks almost daily. I'm so tick-paranoid, that I'm constantly checking to see if anything is crawling on me.
I think the guineas and chickens are doing a pretty good job getting ticks in the yard, but with nearly 80 acres, there is a lot of land they are not covering. That, of course, is where Gunner wants to go explore.
Oddly, Buffy has never had a tick. Neither have the goats.
Anyway, this is distracting me from the task at hand, so I should get off the damn internet and out into the garden. I have baby cayenne peppers to plant, black beans, white beans, green beans and peas to get out and in the ground.
I also have some beautiful basil I started from seed - it looks wonderful. I'm debating whether to plant it in my upper garden near the house, or down in my lower garden, where the chickens don't go. I do not want them devouring my basil!!
So, everyone have a lovely day. I'll be back when the rain starts. Need to make some eggless pasta to sell at the Farmer's market tomorrow.
Or Sven, the new kitten, distracts me because Merriwether is teaching him how to pounce and fight. Sometimes, I lose an hour or two just picking burrs and ticks off of Gunner's coat. We use Frontline, but the ticks still get on him. I can't tell you how many dead ticks I have removed from that dog's hide!! So, I guess the stuff works, in that it kills the ticks. I want it to keep the ticks from jumping on him!
Lately, the ticks have been using Gunner for a ride into the house, where they look for better eats - John. Poor guy is removing ticks almost daily. I'm so tick-paranoid, that I'm constantly checking to see if anything is crawling on me.
I think the guineas and chickens are doing a pretty good job getting ticks in the yard, but with nearly 80 acres, there is a lot of land they are not covering. That, of course, is where Gunner wants to go explore.
Oddly, Buffy has never had a tick. Neither have the goats.
Anyway, this is distracting me from the task at hand, so I should get off the damn internet and out into the garden. I have baby cayenne peppers to plant, black beans, white beans, green beans and peas to get out and in the ground.
I also have some beautiful basil I started from seed - it looks wonderful. I'm debating whether to plant it in my upper garden near the house, or down in my lower garden, where the chickens don't go. I do not want them devouring my basil!!
So, everyone have a lovely day. I'll be back when the rain starts. Need to make some eggless pasta to sell at the Farmer's market tomorrow.
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