works in progress

It is upon us. Spring, that is. Today I took advantage of an empty schedule and beautiful weather and sprayed the fruit trees, pruned the grape vines, and started modifying the duck house for the geese. The cut vines are still in piles in the yard, awaiting either time to be made into wreaths or to enter the doorway to the chipper, and half-way through the geese-house project both the battery in the screwdriver and my time ran out. Perhaps we can get it finished tomorrow afternoon. Meanwhile, I've absconded one goose egg from a nest, and I think the dogs managed to get the other one. I had planned to take before and after pictures of the duck house, but I forgot to take the before shots. Maybe if I paint the ugly boards I can do a before and after shot.

Realistically, I don't think I'll get the garden tilled and partially planted before the rain, but maybe I can tackle that Saturday if the ground isn't too muddy. Meanwhile, pepper and tomato plants can be started inside. I'm seriously considering not planting peas this year as they've not done very well the last two years between the lack of rain and the deer. Plus I'll need to look into fencing to keep the chickens out or they'll eat my tomatoes and watermelon again! I've enjoyed my garden, but there are times when I feel like the time involved is almost more than it's worth.
I know by the end of May when the produce starts coming up I'll be excited and posting pictures, but for now it seems to be one more thing on my to do list.

So for now, my projects are pictureless!