Burned the trash for the last time in this burn barrel. It's on it's last legs literally, but we got 12 years out of it, so I can't complain. The new one is 50% thicker, so it should last our lifetimes & then some. I need to enlist some help from our neighbor to move the new one into it's place after the old one cools down.
Watered the garden, asparagus & the trees/lirope.
Watered & moved the spider plants out of the greenhouse to the back porch.
Continued cleaning the garden (there was a lot of thistle this year). My back is killing me, but it has to be done...
Fed the cattle.
Had a talk with my neighbor regarding his feral hog problem becoming my problem (digging under the net wire & tearing up my 2 back pastures). Ball is in his court.
Got my apples, plums, peach, pear and 2 blackberries planted......Will plant an orange and grapefruit tomorrow........Have 2 oaks to plant.......probably next week.......
Picked up another load of cattle feed & did the weekly shopping.
Planted radish & cilantro in the garden.
Mrs. Ranch saw a hummingbird, so I put a feeder up.
Gophers are still causing problems in the garden so it is time to address the cost & lack of efficiency of various 'smoke bombs'. I saw this video & did some research on the use of flares. I'm going to try it.
Other than okra[May} i have planted everything: corn,cucumbers,pole beans,black eye peas, navy and lima beans,sweet peas,shell peas, tomatoes,bell peppers and squash. Pulled the last of the spinach for supper.Both onions and potatoes are looking good.
Shot 2 pigs that came from the neighbor's (dug under the fence yet again). I called him again, but he didn't have the courtesy of returning the call. Time to escalate.