There’s a birds’ nest under the soffit of the house in a corner in the gutter – right outside the screened in porch. I found out it’s a robin, after she barked (aka chirped loudly) at me while I was on the phone with my mom. She couldn’t get to the nest while I was watching her. She continued to dive directly at me and then make a sharp turn away from the screen. They are much larger than I remember as a child. Crazy momma bird!
Apparently whenever she goes in there, we can hear several little ones chirping away under there – hungry no doubt. Since it’s not like the swallows who burrowed into the front cedar siding, we’re letting this songbird stay for a little while. I figure, when they’re out of there, we can go up and clean it out. I’m sure she or another robin family will be back again next spring. She can have all the worms she wants from my garden, and there are a lot of them. I just don’t want her to touch any of my veggies as they start to get a bit bigger.
6 tomato plants are in the ground…and I still need to put the vine plants – squash, watermelon, zucchini, pumpkins, etc – into the ground this week. I was so hoping to get it all done by this past Memorial weekend…but with no luck. I did get a few of my rose bushes trimmed back and weeded around them in the front. It’s not complete, by any means, but every day a little bit feels like all I can do.
Maybe I can find a few hours each evening this week to do a little something. I’ve got to stop obsessing about these plants. I’ve been watering the lawn a bit, and I think that helps, to not see so many weeds and dry ground all over. Oh well…more patience is required.
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