Last weekend jasra came over to help salvbard and I tackle the jungle that had taken over during Pennsic. Not only did we get a ton of weeding done in the raised beds and front yard, but we also pruned back some of the larger perennials and herbs that were taking over. Score for jasra's coworkers!

Besides yard clean up, we also did some improvements for the front ( Read more... )

I took the opportunity of the beautiful day and the fact that I work from home on Tuesdays to take one of my stretch breaks outside in the yard ( Read more... )

I wonder if this year is actully harder on the birds due to its mildness. I suspect that fewer people might be feeding them than usual.

We have had very frequent visitations by the local cardinal pair. Normally they are not as inclined to fuss with the sunflower seed feeder as they are a tiny bit large to fly up perfectly comfortably. This might ( Read more... )

Would anyone have 2-3 extra zucchini seeds I could have? I would really like to have like 1 plant to provide cintyber with zucchini blossoms this summer, but I am not sure that is worth buying a whole packet of seeds. I am happy to trade other plants/seeds, barter skills, etc.

So I have been starting seedlings this morning. The packages often say they have ~100 seeds although I don't really need that. And I am certainly not going to go count them generally. But seriously, if the package says it has 100 seeds, I would really like more than 6 ( Read more... )

Things have been busy, but lots of good things have been going on at casa de omly ( Read more... )

We refilled the bird-feeders this weekend, which means that our house has totally been the place to be if you are a bird. Currently we have out black sunflower seed, nyjer seed, and a berry suet ( Read more... )

Lots of snow means that we have had lots of really good bird watching from the living-room feeders. (Speaking of which, we need to refill the finch sock ( Read more... )

Whew, that was a long week, but a good one. It started off incredibly productive, which is good, because by the end of it almost everybody in the house was feeling under the weather. Despite that we managed to get a bunch of things done that have been hanging around on my to-do list for months ( Read more... )

Holy crud I have a lot to catch up on. Ok working backwards:

-- Chiquita and C are both sick. Need to take Chiquita to the pediatrician tomorrow morning.
- I had a panic attack on the way home.
+ visiting my aunt and uncle in P-town
+ Thurn and Taxis, champagne, Scrabble, Apples to Apples, cuddles, and walks on the beach
+ Swimming with crazybone, jasra, majes and C ( Read more... )