A Bird in the Bag is Worth...

Nah, a bird in the bag is priceless.

MB4?

This is the birdie that built the nest in my oyster shell bag.  As far as I can tell, there are 2 eggs in the nest.  I  now have to get more oyster shell and more scratch as I don't want to mess too close to this nest.

Well, went to E-town this morning to pick up my garden fence and the truck didn't come yesterday or this morning.  Apparently a new driver and got lost and the only phone number the store had was for the old driver.  So I got 50 ft of four foot fence for MB2's enclosure, and a pair of my very own bolt cutters.  The hardware store is classic.  It has been in operation for probably at least 50 years.  The aisles are so crowded you can hardly get down them and they sell everything EXCEPT what you need at the time.  But go back three weeks later, after you have it, and they got millions.  Today, they were grilling on a Webber in the back.

I went across the street to the neighborhood farm and garden center (the same people MUST own both stores) and got some potassium, phosphorous and calcium for my toms to keep them healthy.  To Wally World to get 10 tomato cages.  I had a hard time getting them in my car, but made it.  10 is not enough, but I figure if I buy 10 at a time, eventually I will have enough.  Also got some bins sos we can recycle at the church.

Then home.

When I got home, I decided to do walkies in the middle of the day to avoid any turkey hunters.  It was kinda hot, but we got on fine.  Saw the first snake of the season sunning on the sand and had to keep the dogs from getting too close.

Just a black snake

got this shot just before he crawled through my legs.

After that I set up MB2's compound with the four foot fencing.  She is now incarcerated with only one nest to inhabit.  I raked up the yard and piled the old leaves around the fence so the chicks (if there are any) will have nice dirt to scratch on.  JW disapproved of the whole production.  I have a couple of new and painful pecks on the backs of my legs.

Then I attempted to set up my insect barrier over the squash.  The bolt cutters worked really well, but it was too windy to put up the barrier.  I tore it in a couple of places as it is a very flimsy non woven, so I just put the whole mess in the shed to await a calmer day.  Anyway the gnats were enough to drive me from the garden, even with insect repellent on.  Hopefully the squash borers will stay away another day or so.  It's clouded over and cooled off so maybe we will get some rain.

I'm off to do laundry and drink some champaign, nicely chilled.

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