I continue to mow every 8-10 days and continue to curse it. But I'm also grateful that once every 8-10 days it has been dropping down below 90 degrees, so I can mow without dying.
I have three healing mowing injuries right now. One was caused by a dead pine stabbing me. (I hope we take them out this fall!) So one day I went out with my new 20 volt battery operated reciprocating saw and got rid of all the branches that could reach me. I burned some and some are sitting there looking messy. I'd move them, but I think there's a cardinal nesting in them already. Working around the wildlife takes some effort!
My veggie garden, despite some bug problems (I'll never plant a brassica again, that's for sure!) is looking good. Here is the pepper plant that was transplanted three times, uprooted by a raccoon at my sister's, dragged 20 feet, and then squashed flat when a tomato plant and cage fell over onto it during a storm, and somehow still manages to create peppers. (I'm saving seeds. This is a miracle plant).
And here is my first summer squash (yellow--I prefer the taste and use them in stir-fries) finally appearing. In two weeks, I'm going to be drowning in them, I know.
