There's only like 3 furs here who know me on Facebook and have seen my updates there so I've kinda left you-all out of the loop on all the stuff I've been doing with my yard down here, so......

Back in Minnesota I had a townhouse-style condo, which meant I was part of a homeowners association, which meant they took care of my yard, which meant I was pretty much limited to growing herbs and veg in pots.

Now I have a house, an honest-to-goodness plot of land THAT I OWN.

It began last fall when my dad and I prepared various sections of my yard for plants: clearing the ground of weeds and mixing in soil and fertilizer. I now have a healthy garlic patch growing, as well as several tomato plants that I grew from seed back in February. I have also plants trees. TREES!!! THE FOX HAS TREES!! I planted a walnut and an almond tree, and plan to get another to provide some shade in the back yard. Apricot trees seem to be popular here. I want a tree that bears some kind of edible fruit. These trees will take decades to flourish but I plan to be around for a little while and want to leave something for the future.

I also have a corn field: 69 field corn (ornamental maize) plants. So far 26 of the 69 have sprouted (planted on 3/1).

Now, there have been some failures: okra is proving very finicky, and I have a certain flower bed that seems to kill everything I plant in it. Peppers are a PAIN-IN-THE-ASS and slow as heck to germinate and grow.

I also planted lillies and cannas and a bunch of other flower stuff.... fox likes some color in his yard.

Anyhow... yeah this is what I've been doing to fill my time when not working. Yard work is oddly satisfying and rewarding in its own way, and I don't mind the physical work. I need physical work. I just don't need ALL THE FECKING WEEDS!!!!!!

Anyway, that's all. Cheers.