I actually did this last night, but didn’t do the pictures until this morning because I was too tired. I forgot to take pictures until I had to stop and clean collagen (etc.) out of the grinder. Messy, greasy, but kind of fun, in a way. I dumped the ground up result into a pot […]

I noticed there weren’t many when I first came out, but it’s chilly and I was early. Anyway, last week, I added Eastern Towhee to my list of usual suspects, and this week, a juvenile sharp-shinned hawk. A few weeks ago, a Grey Catbird. The usual fall/winter suspects… Northern Cardinal (lots!) American Goldfinch  (up to […]

The poor thing was starting to get yellow fronds because I couldn’t water it much, and it couldn’t hold water because it was all roots. I’ve had the soil for ages, but kept putting off the repotting. I wish I hadn’t, and I hope Palmzilla forgives me. It looked so healthy after spring and summer […]

I went out at lunch and got a 1-1/4″ spade bit to drill holes in the chunk of crabapple I cut on Sunday. The bit was almost long enough to go all the way through, and since I had the guide hole because the point did go through, I fudged it with a hole saw […]

I had an hour less daylight today, and I had to haul more leaves back to the creek (most will be winter mulch, some will be compost), so it was nearly dark when I started, but I did get one hoce up in a tree. I don’t think it’s high enough, but it was as […]

Friday after work, I used the 1/2″ drill I’d borrowed from B to drill out some aluminum that C had let me get from the scrap bin. Would’ve been easier with a drill press, but I managed. They were free, and nothing is going to peck or chew through them, so they’re perfect. I also […]