Nevar23I hate using insecticides but the bitey ants are getting ridiculous around my house, and building too close to it for comfort. Plus I've gotten 4 bites over the last two days from just doing random yard work. Nothing like having to run into the house and strip all your clothes off because OUCH. 😅 The bites themselves hurt, then the large, itchy welt left behind sucks too. Geez, I thought I was safe from biting things for a couple more weeks.
Did I just take down a dead dogwood tree with a jigsaw because I have no chainsaw? Yes. Mostly. 😂 I'll have to wait for the really chunky base part to decay a bit more, or possibly get over my fear of learning to use a chainsaw.
Also, first swallowtail butterfly of the year spotted!
Crow fam is not pleased with me because I was in the yard, my presence preventing them from coming in for their daily peanuts. Scaredy-crows. 🐦⬛
AmandaWill someone in B.C, #Canada please rent me a room while I wait for HUD housing here in the States? I like to #clean, perform light maint and have my own tools, like #yardwork, and don't drink or smoke (anything). I'm vegan so I can cook for myself. (I come with an #InstantPot (Invented in Canada)). I love #bicycles and public transportation. I'll clean the cat litter box without being asked.
Jason MirandaMoved 2 yards of soil today to fill up these beds, we are prepared come planting season.
AppalachianMtnBungalowThe calm before the storm feels extra loud up here in #Appalachia. 🌙✨
The sky is clear, the stars are sharp, and the air has that hushed winter stillness that is so loud. Extremely loud. IYKYK. The yard tells a different story. Tonight the machines are parked like they are sleeping, fresh tracks in the dirt, and fresh straw laid down to try to prevent massive run off.
I have no clue when the landscaper is coming to pick up his equipment. It's been over a week since it's been parked and with the ice #storm coming, doubt he gets it anytime soon. Weird trust.
We’re trying to stay one step ahead of the aftermath of an epic one-in-a-lifetime ice storm (melting, lots of melting) by grading, moving, fixing, prepping because once the ice melts everything changes. Right now it’s peaceful… but you can almost feel the storm gathering in the distance. I know it's headed our way but, dang, it's eerie tonight.
The quiet moments between the chaos.
The kind where I pause, look up, and remember that I chose this #mountain life. 🖤🌲
#Appalachia #MountainLife #CalmBeforeTheStorm #YardWork #CountryLiving #BlueRidgeMountains #WinterInTheMountains #StormComing #NightSky #BackyardProjects #Landscaping
The sky is clear, the stars are sharp, and the air has that hushed winter stillness that is so loud. Extremely loud. IYKYK. The yard tells a different story. Tonight the machines are parked like they are sleeping, fresh tracks in the dirt, and fresh straw laid down to try to prevent massive run off.
I have no clue when the landscaper is coming to pick up his equipment. It's been over a week since it's been parked and with the ice #storm coming, doubt he gets it anytime soon. Weird trust.
We’re trying to stay one step ahead of the aftermath of an epic one-in-a-lifetime ice storm (melting, lots of melting) by grading, moving, fixing, prepping because once the ice melts everything changes. Right now it’s peaceful… but you can almost feel the storm gathering in the distance. I know it's headed our way but, dang, it's eerie tonight.
The quiet moments between the chaos.
The kind where I pause, look up, and remember that I chose this #mountain life. 🖤🌲
#Appalachia #MountainLife #CalmBeforeTheStorm #YardWork #CountryLiving #BlueRidgeMountains #WinterInTheMountains #StormComing #NightSky #BackyardProjects #Landscaping
Lee
UberZeitgeistClassic quandary:
To trim or not to trim weeds
He's made his choice now
#Haiku #OneHaikuADay #WritersCollective #writingcommunity #BackToHaiku #Seasons #Autumn #Fall #Winter #Grass #Lawn #Trim #Weeds #Yard #Yardwork #EGO #Mowing #Weed #Weedwacker #USA #Photography
November 19, 2025
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Carson HillWasp stung my ear while I was working on my Hugel bed, so on the one hand I have an extra piercing... but on the other hand I can't put my plug back in on that side until the swelling goes down again.
So, I'm either temporarily rocking 11 piercings, or I've temporarily lost one of the two stretched ears, depending on how you count it.
Never saw/heard/etc the offending bug. Was a stealthy little bastard. Ear is hurty. 🥺
Break time from gardening work. Making a little progress in the side shrub/flower bed along the east side of my yard. Y'know, I don't think battery operated weed eaters/string trimmers were born to tackle grasses that're five feet tall, but after not being mobile enough to trim all summer that's what I'm asking mine to do. 😅 It'll never stop amazing me how fast things you *don't* want to grow can shoot up.