This was a very productive weekend. James was out with his pellet gun and shot 3 groundhogs. One was even bold enough to come up to the house, and hid under the back door steps. There are still at least several in the thicket near the garden. James needs to get back out here and get to work. There are some recipes online for groundhog. But I don't think that we will be hungry enough to try them, since we usually have steak, chicken, hamburgers, and hotdogs on hand.
Got another plum tree (Damson) and fig tree planted. Mama and I put up video tape fencing around the figs, the new plum, and the main garden. Also got the garden hoed and some fertilizer spread on the veggies. Now we need some rain.
When I opened the garage door this morning, a 3-foot long black snake was outside the door. I prodded it to move into the shrubs. Hope it gets some moles, voles, and/or mice.
Saw a fox run across the horse pasture this morning while I was hoeing. Yesterday, we saw a racoon. I believe that it was at the horses' salt lick. Usually, a racoon out in the open in the middle of the day is rabid. Let's hope not.
Two bluebirds are building a nest in the house on the grape arbor end post. It was fun watching them defend their home from 2 mockingbirds that have a nest in the crepe myrtle in front of the living room window.
I ordered 3 grape vines: Darlene (bronze, 22% sugar), Late Fry (bronze, 20% sugar), and a Black Beauty (23% sugar). They should be shipped sometime in November. And they will be old enough that we might have a few grapes next year, if I get them planted this Fall. According to the county soil survey, we have good soils for grapes. But muscadines can grow just about anywhere.
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