The national forecast shows us on the edge of a weather system.\u00a0 Usually when that happens, we don’t get the weather.\u00a0\u00a0 Local forecast calls for clear and dry.\u00a0\u00a0 I would like some more dry weather for a couple of days at least.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was nice out, cooler and a bit less humid.\u00a0 It was 60F when I went to bed.<\/p>\n
I got one auction closed out, and made decent money on it despite some very poor pictures and low prices.\u00a0 I’m taking some of the leftover items to the other auction house, where I’m sure they will do better.\u00a0\u00a0 That’s today’s job, get stuff to the auction house, and to and from storage and my secondary location.\u00a0 Not only did I remove the stuff in the entryway, I got several bins off the patio too.<\/p>\n
Foyer is clean and empty, ready for piles of cookie boxes.<\/p>\n
Progress has been made.\u00a0 Always at the expense of something else on the list, but ‘them’s the breaks.’<\/p>\n
Today was also haircut and shave day.\u00a0 Still got the ‘stash and chin beard, but my cheeks are smooth again.<\/p>\n
I also took a tiny bit of time to do more cleanup in my office.\u00a0 In this case, sorting some of the auction receipts, and fixing a couple of small things.\u00a0 The ‘fixing’ mainly involved cleaning up leaking batteries, and getting the contacts working well again.\u00a0 It did get a couple of things off the desk and surrounding area, so that is\u00a0 a good thing.\u00a0 Baby steps are still steps \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
Out in the garden, I’ve been adding my used coffee grounds to the raised beds.\u00a0 Can’t hurt, might help.\u00a0 The potted limes are in bloom, well, “bud”.\u00a0 Flowers soon enough. \u00a0 The collards are about the same as they were.\u00a0\u00a0 I haven’t harvested anything from them at all yet.\u00a0 They seem to do much better in the second year for me so I’ll wait.\u00a0 I expect they’ll start growing enough I feel ok harvesting leaves soon.\u00a0\u00a0 The grapefruits were and are delicious.\u00a0 Big, juicy, almost sweet, needing only a bit of salt to moderate the bitter.\u00a0\u00a0 The Meyer lemon is still producing big and sweet juicy lemons.\u00a0\u00a0 For all the rest it’s getting to the point I need to start planning the planting…\u00a0 and get a couple of areas ready that I blew off last year.\u00a0 I want more stuff in the ground this year and hopefully I’ll get more out.<\/p>\n
I don’t want to tempt fate, but we were expecting a cold winter.\u00a0 Fat squirrels, white tipped ears, etc.\u00a0 So far, we’ve only had a couple of nights dip below freezing, and not by much.\u00a0 I’m glad, as I didn’t have to cover and heat all the citrus.\u00a0 I’m concerned because it didn’t kill off the vermin.<\/p>\n
Speaking of which, mice have been eating the poison baits in the attic.\u00a0 The ‘evidence’ is too small to be rats, I think.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ll refresh all the bait boxes over the next couple of days in case, and maybe set a couple more pads or traps.\u00a0\u00a0 If you don’t have stacks of rodent and pest control already, get some in… they won’t be going away, and they typically prosper when the humans get to fighting.\u00a0\u00a0 You don’t have enough food to share.<\/p>\n
Just one more thing to stack, so get going!\u00a0 Keep stacking.<\/p>\n
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The national forecast shows us on the edge of a weather system.\u00a0 Usually when that happens, we don’t get the weather.\u00a0\u00a0 Local forecast calls for clear and dry.\u00a0\u00a0 I would like some more dry weather for a couple of days at least.<\/p>\n
Yesterday was nice out, cooler and a bit less humid.\u00a0 It was 60F when I went to bed.<\/p>\n
I got one auction closed out, and made decent money on it despite some very poor pictures and low prices.\u00a0<\/p>\n