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Snow is nearly all gone, (did I ever mention that I hate mud?) and the bent to the ground trees are straightening back up. Most of the pumpkins are still more than half buried in snow, as are the carrots & leeks.

The two largest Brussels sprouts got laid over, but not broken, by the combined wind & snow, but should be fine.

I THINK this finally did in the potato vines once and for all, but I won’t bet the rent on it; these have more lives than a cat.

Found and disposed of a packrat inside the rabbit pellet bin yesterday; it had forced the lid open to get in, then couldn’t get back out. Not sure which of was more surprised.

When I came back down from feeding & watering critters today, I had to bribe a flock of turkeys with scratch grain, well away from the house, to get them out of yard. They were scratching up the flower beds, and breaking some of the taller plants. Yes, I have turkey tags, and counting down....

Yesterday, it was seven deer chomping on my 5 YO plum tree, as well was trying to get remaining apples out of the apple trees. 30 days to deer season....

That poor plum has had loose cows mangle the chicken wire fence around it to chew on it; a large pine blew down on top of it; now the deer are attacking it. It has a strong will to live, as it keeps on growing. It flowered this year, and should fruit next year.

Today, I took my baggie of cherry seeds out of the fridge drawer to see if any had sprouted yet: not a single seed out of the 20+ in it were there: they had all totally composted themselves. :-(

I picked up son Wayne, at the airport this morning - 6 feet of strength - out on the deck we went. And, it was cool, glory! All plants in fabric grow bags were taken off the deck and arranged together in the dirt garden but remember they aren't sitting on dirt - they are sitting on the permanent cover over the ground dirt. We put a large net over all of them.

The new hose and sprayer is on so no more getting drenched from a cheap contraption of hose/sprayer that came apart. That freed up the deck to have only plants in hard containers. Those were arranged on the right side of the deck, and the iron dining table is on that side. That freed up a good sized space on the left and center to have iron chairs and a side iron table. One can sit and survey the entire garden/deck area. Instead of a mess, it looks like there was a plan.

Tomorrow we go to Lowes and get stakes for the tomatoes and a few more containers and I'll get a large bag of potting soil mix since he can carry it.

We will clean out the outside storage room, toss what isn't necessary and have room then to store items on the lower deck under the roof. That lower deck is a conglomerated mess.

I am thankful for cool weather. It is wonderful. My slave labor son is super. He may be an award winning director of documentary film, but he is just my kid when he is here.