Well, not necessarily turtle power, but I believe we have turtle poop! Yes, I am revolting enough to have taken pictures. I’m always very happy when something I’ve done to improve the lot of some wild creature is even a bit successful. I didn’t know until after I’d decided to make turtle pools that boxies […]

Okay, so it’s not disgustingly hot (actually quite pleasant!), but it still hasn’t rained, so today gets another desert name. Since we’re in the desert (apparently), I had to make some box turtle oases. C gave me a couple of plastic tubs that were of no use for anything else, and after work, I dremeled/jigsawed/utility […]

I wonder whether it’ll actually rain before I run out of desert names to use for post titles? At least it’s cooler today; it’s supposed to be 85 (don’t know the heat index), so at least we won’t end up with a heat index of over 100. I’ll take it. I didn’t do much except […]

Other than a brief shower that netted us maybe 1/4″ of rain and did nothing useful for the soil, we’re still bone dry. Jesus Christ, why can’t we get some RAIN?! It was also four brazillion fucking degrees, so the only times I could actually do anything more energetic than shuffling around like a 90-year-old […]

Still no rain, though this post has nothing, really, to do with that except for the passing mention that I got a drip irrigation kit and I’m glad I got a small kit before shelling out for a bunch of emitter line that I wouldn’t end up using because the holes are spaced too far […]

Just a little catching up; it’s been too fucking hot and dry to do anything but water. I took half a day off on Tuesday, and got a few more bags of mulch down. Not much, but better than none! The caladium in the pond bloomed. If I didn’t already know it was an aroid, […]

I got up at 5:30 on Saturday morning, and by 6:00, I was laying down corrugated. Good thing, since by 10:00, it was HOT, and if I’d only just started, I wouldn’t have got anything useful done. As it was, I worked until 1:30; until I ran out of mulch. Still not even close to […]

I always thought the name of the group was stupid, but I certainly understand, “No Rain.” It’s still hotter than the hinges on the gates of Hell, and at this point, there’s a 30-40% chance of rain sometime next week…maybe…or it’ll just pass us by like the last time. I’m already sick of watering, and […]

The entire weekend was like a fucking blast furnace, and on top of it all, our A/C decided to crap out on Sunday afternoon. Fortunately, P found someone to fix it right away, and though they charge $115/hr plus parts for emergency service on OT, it was totally worth it! I did virtually nothing after […]

What? It’s a word. It rained all of Saturday morning, but that didn’t stop me from getting all of my coneflowers planted, and also the Wave ‘toonyas I’d bought just before Memorial Day weekend and didn’t get planted! When I got home from work on Friday, my blue mistflower was waiting for me. It was […]