I did good the other day. Was in the grocery store and saw the seed rack. Grabbed one, then another then a third and then stopped myself and put them all back. (but they’re organic) I’ll probably cut my rareseed cart in half before I order. I threw away a few unopened seed packets last year that were 7-8 years old with known viability being 2-3 years.
No more goats so I can plant thing outside of the tunnel now. Then I only have to worry about the rabbits, squirrels, deer and the neighbor’s new puppies. All totaled would do less damage than the goats though.
The puppies have huge feet so they’re going to be big dogs. I’ve been making friends with them, without feeding or snacks, just petting and trying to teach the male not to jump up on me. Evidently, that’s been enough attention that they were sitting in my driveway when I got home today. They figured out they can say Hi to me and a few minutes later the school bus goes by and drops off my neighbor’s kids so then they’ll go down and greet them.
Dang, just remembered, I’ve got tree/shrub seedlings to buy.
"Dang, just remembered, I’ve got tree/shrub seedlings to buy."
We took out two HUGE trees in our back yard a few years ago. (Both were dead and wanted to fall on the house.) The grass has grown and the dirt has settled so this season we're going to add an 'Autumn Blaze' Maple and/or a Honey Locust to the back yard. If I have my way - probably both!
Not sure if they grow as far south as your place, but any of the Locust trees are great for songbirds - they have a lot of spines along their branches which deter egg-sucking raccoons and snakes from climbing them to steal eggs from songbird nests.