Daily Check-in

[starwatcher]

 

My apologies! I forgot today was Tuesday.

This is your check-in post for today. The poll will be open from 2am Universal or Zulu Time (10pm Eastern Time) on Tuesday, July sixth, to midnight on Wednesday, July 7th (8pm Eastern Time).

Poll #25900 Daily Check-in

This poll is closed.
Open to: Access List, detailed results viewable to: Access List, participants: 32

How are you doing?

I am OK.
26 (81.2%)

I am not OK, but don't need help right now.
6 (18.8%)

I could use some help.
0 (0.0%)

How many other humans live with you?

I am living single.
14 (43.8%)

One other person.
12 (37.5%)

More than one other person.
6 (18.8%)

Please, talk about how things are going for you in the comments, ask for advice or help if you need it, or just discuss whatever you feel like.
 

Comments

[adafrog]

Tired. A friend mowed my front lawn for me. He tends to do that when he gets irritated it's too tall. lol But I've been feeling guilty because my back yard has very tall weeds. It doesn't usually rain here like this. And I have no time. I'd been letting parts of it grow for the wildlife. *sigh*

[dewline]

Some of us do like that wildlife. So there's that.

[starwatcher]

Same here. We've had more rain in 6 weeks than all of last year -- literally. I pull a bunch and toss to the neighbor's livestock, but I can't keep up. Fortunately, being out of town means no neighborhood regs to meet.

But absolutely 'for wildlife' is a reason to let a yard go native. Maybe a couple of fancy signs back there -- 'Wildlife Habitat' or something like that -- would stop the neighbors giving you the side-eye?

I've been researching scythes this evening. My string trimmer is battery-operated (no gas fumes, yay) but still very loud, requires ear protection and face-shield, yuck. But orders are backdated till September, so it won't help now.

But, yeah, never enough time to do things. OTOH, if you can procrastinate long enough, the cold weather will kill a lot of weeds...

[starwatcher]

Yep. I left my front acre unfenced (horses only got the back four) so it could stay natural and provide shelter for wildlife. I don't know how much wildlife visit, but the neighbor's chickens sure like it...

Happy Tuesday!

[kathmandu]

Thank you for putting up the check-in.

We got a brief, thundery cloudburst that removed the sweltering humidity from the air.

[kathmandu]

The neighbor's chickens are probably eating the small bug-type wildlife. So you're establishing a food chain; good work!

[twistedchick]

Scythes take significant muscle -- and you don't swing them through the air but along the ground. (The Grim Reaper is Doing It Wrong.)

Re: Happy Tuesday!

[starwatcher]

I've heard of that -- but our rains always seem to bring more humidity. We've been in the 75-85% range for a few weeks; 15-20% is more our normal. But yay for cooler air.

[starwatcher]

Thanks for the warning -- but I figured so. I'm pretty physical (when I want to be), and it's not like I need to scythe a whole field, or even a yard. If I can only do 15 minutes at a time, the weeds won't run away before I come back. The trick will be finding one small enough for me -- but one of the companies will fit it to the buyer, even asks your measurements to get it right. <snicker> It'd be worth it just to blow my sister's mind; she rolls her eyes every time I choose a non-powered tool alternative. I still use an old reel-mower instead of a gas-mower. I used it once, but then the weeds got too tall too fast. Five inches of rain this month -- compared to 5.35 inches of rain all last year.

[starwatcher]

Thank you! And once in a while, they leave me a free egg or two...

[adafrog]

:D

[adafrog]

Yeah, I'm in the country, too. Love it. lol
I have a new battery operated trimmer that has these plastic knife additions. Going to try those out on the weeds that scare me. Ryobi.

lol The cold weather, or it will eventually stop raining. Maybe. Apparently we've been moved to Houston while we weren't looking.