Dreaming of Spring Gardening in the Middle of a Wisconsin winter part 2

[jvls1942]

I had a hectic week. I had the charger on Ollie but I forgot to put him in gear. he rolled ahead while i was in the house and pulled the plug end off of the extension cord. that caused a short and flipped the breaker. couldn't re set the breaker. Called bro Dave and he came. he changed the receptacle and got the breaker to work again.
I went to Stevens Point and had the first phase of mu ablation treatment . it was very painful.
no carrot cake or new cookies yet. however she mentioned the cake last night.
the rabbit manure did arrive. a whole pick up load.
he dumped in onto a pile in the oats. today, while it is warm I will take Ollie and knock the oats down. then will see if I can spread the manure with the bucket and back blade.
have to put the tiller to bed in the lean to. have s few things to move so I can get Ollie in there. Annie wants the garage back for her car.
no snow here yet.
Barb, I have big walnut branch to cut off. Annie's brother has a pole saw. said he would do it. I have a list of things he said he would do reaching back to a year ago, .

 

[Callender Girl]

Ah, Jim, I have friends who tell me they will help with projects -- and, sometimes, years later, they do.

A pole saw for the walnut branch, huh? I wish I had thought to use the one I have hanging in the garage instead of the pull saw. Perhaps I've taken a few too many branches to the head to make good decisions???

Are you recovered from the ablation? I've read that it can take days to get over.

I'm shocked that it's 58 degrees on this early mid-November morning. My recollections of November in Iowa don't include a lot of balmy days. Yesterday -- when it was 70 degrees! -- I managed to scoop chicken coops and the goose shelter, wash mucky waterfowl dishes, tidy up a bit in the garage and finally locate the long-ago-purchased hardware for the mudroom door.

Today, I plan to attack the duck shelter messes and wander the north yard with a bucket and a dog-poop scooper. I may try to run the mower over some fallen leaves and add them to the section of the garden where I was too lazy to haul and spread buckets of goat manure. I can consider it an experiment to see if shredded leaves as mulch or goat poop as fertilizer is better for growing veggies.