I made it out to the shop today - yay! Spent the first hour or so cleaning out the car - it was a mess plus I had hauled a bale of straw in the back, which didn’t help. I vacuumed everything & swept off the mats. Mom had spilled something in the cup holders & around the parking brake so I got that cleaned up. We got the car to the shop around 4:30 - the appointment is for 8 am tomorrow, but I like dropping vehicles off the night before so we don’t have to get up so early.
After working on the car, I started on the shop. I switched out the Army table with a smaller one the previous owners had left (not all that sturdy). My metal drawers are more stable on the Army table. A bunch of other heavy stuff got moved around as well - my back is very unhappy right now. I have a 6’ set of metal/wire shelves in the basement (not put together so easier to move) & decided to move them to the shop. That might happen tomorrow - I really need more shelves & I should have room on them for some gardening stuff, too.
It was a beautiful day - frozen fog this morning which made for some pretty scenery early. Then the sun came out until about mid-afternoon until clouds started moving in - nice & warm outside. Cabin fever is morphing into Spring fever!
BTW, I bought some stuff at the Farm Bureau last year to deal with the box elder bugs that came out of the cracks where the garage door frame meets the bricks. I sprayed in the cracks at the time & did it again this fall. On a warm day like today, last year the bugs were 3 deep. Today, I didn’t see a single one!
How do we exist without more shop shelving? It’s one of my favorite things in this world!
We use a product called ‘Tempo’ on the BEBs and those FAKE Ladybugs. It works well. They congregate on the south side of the house, so we don’t hurt any pollinators.
Beau is on a tear these days to chainsaw down any and all Box Elder trees he sees within a few MILES of the house, LOL! They really have become a problem over the years.
With this warm up I’ve seen three moths coming to the porch light and I squished a wasp, yesterday.
Rainy tonight, but clear again in the morning. We’re back into the high 30’s again. With the warm up, besides the greenhouse re-hab and the 16 garden beds ready to rock, we also got the kennel pens power washed (which we have NEVER been able to do in February - we fit the dogs with ice skates, LOL!) and we continued to trim and haul away all of the over-grown grape vines that needed some serious pruning. They’ll grow right back - they’re weeds.
Of COURSE this weather wasn’t going to last. I buttoned up the greenhouse again late today. Nobody gets THAT lucky. ;)