Guess what THIS is???
Its a baby grape vine sprouting for the very first time in a growing tube. COOL huh?
I was so stoked when Andy came in from watering the vines last Monday and announced, "We have bud break!" It was magical. I never dreamed they would grow so quickly. Now, we have to nurture them and protect them...YES!
This past weekend we finally took a whole day to work on the property. Every weekend something has come up and we have been unable to put enough hours into the projects we have wanted to tackle. Saturday, we cut weeds. I can now say that about half of the property is cleared and we can finally see the ground again.
The fruit grove has hit a setback. Two words. Ground Squirrels. As much as I hate cute cottontail bunnies, I now equally hate adorable little squirrels. I traversed down the hillside to check out all of our lucious fruit, which is NO WHERE NEAR being ripe, but the ground squirrels have already got after it and eaten more than half of our crops. Not that we are so worried about the fruit THIS year, but in the future this will be a big problem for our grape vines. I have been counseling with several pest control experts and I am going to check out ground squirrel bait at Home Depot. GRRRRRRRRR!!!
Oh, and of course, the bunnies are still an issue. They have eaten ALL of my geraniums, which I thought they would leave alone because of the strong scent...but..NOPE. Poof. Gone. I am finding some plants that they are not eating, so I will continue to plant those, little by little...I WILL have a lovely landscape by this time next year. So much to do.
The band project is going well. We are very excited about the music...its still too soon to reveal our creation, but I will say...we are finding a groove, and it ROCKS.
I gotta get back to work, I've been sitting on the computer far too long this morning. Family to feed and chores to be done, you know how it goes. I am grateful to Blogger for designing some new templates, the blog is looking very "pro" now.
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