This is why I think I need a dog. To clean the yard of chicken poo.
Oh, wait... it goes in small and comes out BIGGER and no one will eat the big stuff so I will have to clean that up... and I can't put the dog poo in the garden... and my feed bill is already pretty hefty. Maybe I won't get a dog. But I can dream of a chicken-poo eating assistant of some sort, can't I?
i hope the mint takes off in my flowerbed, 2 out of 5 look like they shriveled up and died, but a 3rd one looked similar and bounced back so i'm just going to keep them in there. maybe they will root or send runners or something. i also read that mint helps with the fly problem, but i dont notice a change. we have more flies this summer than last, they seem to be more drawn to the water fountain than to the chicken coop and are pooping all over the rocks by my pond.
what are flies good for? i have no rotting flesh in my yard, shoo flies dont bother us!
we made some good progress on the coop today, we have 2 side runs and a lower run done. today we mostly worked on the coop condo. the roof took a while, i wanted a pitched roof, DH wanted a sloped roof. a few times he told me we're not archeologists! i know he was teasing me (about not being architects) but i wanted to punch him anyway!! LOL he's such a brat. it was a long but pretty fun day.
i did think about taking progress pictures but never got my phone out, i'm sure i'll regret that down the line.
early day tomorrow, going to try to finish by noon
From one of my favorite websites. I check it nearly every day. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Quite an impressive storm!
It appears my life ambition of a maid will never happen, the only thing I ever really wanted, a maid. I know, I know, it is a strange thing to want so badly, 
you are asking "why on earth would anyone want a maid?". I wish I could answer that, but I just do.
