lauribob's blog: First day of mud season Mar 19 2019

Mud season is officially here. The snow is mushy and melting and the ground is beginning to accept water. I walked Ruby down to the Hamster's driveway and back - it sounded like we were popping bubble wrap the whole way. We have huge mud puddles in our driveway, but the shoulders are widening out. The garage is drying up. There's still a bunch of ice where we park the cars so I drove back and forth over it to try to break it up some.

I'm busy in the greenhouse and had to hook up the automatic window openers to keep it from getting too hot in there. After spending two days cleaning and scrubbing out there, I can finally enjoy getting my hands in the dirt! I moved the water plants out of the pumphouse into the greenhouse and cut them back a bit. It looks like I successfully overwintered the callas for a change and I potted them up today. My water hyacinths came today and look healthy. Tomatoes are planted and a few other odds and ends. So far no luck with the seeds I planted at the end of January, and left unheated in the greenhouse to germinate when the spirit moved them. I'll let them stay until I need the space, you never know...
I love wearing a t shirt again, maybe tomorrow will be shorts!

I waded through snow well over my knees and pruned the maple tree in the pasture. If it had been any farther away from the driveway, I would have gotten the snow shoes. I was unable to saw through the big second leader with my little hand saw, and had to get Greg to come out and help me with his cordless sawzall.

It didn't end well for the cougar cubs. Mama got caught in a leg hold trap (grrr!) and had to be shot. That's why the three were hanging out here that day - no one to hunt for them. They ended up taking down two small goats across the river. One was shot and they told me the other two went to a zoo. It was sad, but we pretty much knew it couldn't end well with them so comfortable around humans and dogs.

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