So, what did I do? Some cleaning, watering plants indoors, cuddling my cat

At 6 pm I went out to give some nuts & seeds to squirrels & crow birds
It immediately started a huge fight between jackdaws, magpies & wood doves before the squirrels took over …
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A bit later I gathered the branches from Tuesday & put on the sprinkler behind the logs
I’ll let it run for yet awhile

I also put a few tubes of turmeric in wet soil & sand (next experiment, the ginger is doing really well, see below)
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Spent about 1 hour on social media, avoiding the overall catastrophic news on war, politics & above all climate/nature crisis around this fragile globe

And that’s about it, very slow & restful .. I’m privileged, I know, right age, right place, etc.
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And that’s about it …

That fridge, I’d better tend to it at once! Grocery deliveries will arrive early

Outside it’s more a smell of neighbors grilling than the bird cherry tonight..
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It’s time for the ongoing fight against rodents, ants & snails/slugs. Already seen a few small ones of the latter.
I’ve ordered new nematodes, already have some for pots left plus snail granules to spread at night + 🐜 poison

And there’s that delivery…
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Half past 9 and very still…

There is a young couple fishing down there. Can you see them?
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It’s 31 days until the summer solstice
I find that gardening with a cat on a leash is next to impossible

I need to unpack & assemble the 4 new benches to allow resting my back in strategic places in that same process …

Sun, +21° - perfect & the cat agrees …
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#gardening #catsofmastodon

I think the geraniums could very well go outside as well. Plus the chilies & ginger

Today is baking, writing a report to the vet about cat Alice’ progress, spreading manure & mulched branches
Perhaps some carpentry…

Enough … way too early!
Back to bed
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And the malus is fantastic

Question is if I’ll get to do any gardening at all. I might just sit & enjoy in the shade for awhile before the sun reaches the patio
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Since it’s past 3 pm it’s now only 26 days until the summer solstice
Weather today has been really nice. Planned to cut grass & bring out the mower, but ended up cutting branches & reading up on how to treat sick rhododendrons

My garden shopping list grows…
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I really should cut the grass up front at least, water trees, pots & the newly planted sloe & rose

And cook dinner…
Fried fillets of cod already defrosted + some spinach. Alice will appreciate those leftovers

Distractions…
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