Whew! Caught up!
Since it was sunny today, and I don't know when it will be again, I decided to mow some of our grass. What a challenge! First thing I noticed was a bunch of fresh fern leaves and other junk sticking out of the hood of the John Deere - popped the thing open, and the entire inside was stuffed full of leaves, twigs, branches, scraps of landscape fabric and stuffing from the dog bed that Shasta tore up. I shoveled it out with a pitchfork and found 5 baby chipmunks with there eyes still closed! They're gonners, I tossed then out on the ground with all the nesting materials. I checked the wiring - some was chewed but it did not look too bad (our generator caught fire a few years back from a rodent nest!)Then I went to mow - my hens are NOT afraid of the mower! They followed me around! I got the flat part mowed, but the yard is very wet with a lot of standing water. I don't get it, but the sloped part of my yard is especially wet. I did not intend to take the mower down the hill, but went to mow just above the hill when I lost traction and slid sideways all the way down till I hit the fence! When I tried getting out of there, I just spun the tires and spattered everything with mud! I did manage to face the mower up-hill, but it aint moving until the hill dries up!
Hens sure are happy with all the wormies the lawn tractor dug up!
