80F and "Fair" @ 12:15, calling for a high of 81F ... which I suspect we'll easily beat. Rain due in later tonight, then back to more seasonal temps but still above average.
Birthday party was good, probably about 20 people there.
After we got back home, I grabbed the last rebate check we got and we headed on down to Menards.
Picked up the roll of 1/2" hardware cloth I had previous ordered for the bottom of the raised beds.
Grabbed a can of "Hunter Green" Rust-Oleum, a 3-piece set of nestable wooden crates, and a dozen 6" x 4' dog-eared cedar fence boards for the cold frame sides.
Also picked up 5 Asiatic Lilies and a Lobelia.
When we got back home I took the Cub over and checked the live trap and found another customer ... this time a really big male ...
Offered a swimming lesson and got him started on that ... and then headed up with the Cub to get the compost/woodlot/food plot mowed down.
Funny thing: the grass in the area from the compost pile where the runoff runs down into the woods is about double the height of the grass in the adjoining area.
Might have to consider making some of that "compost tea" folks are always talking about ...
Student proceeded to fail his lesson so I retrieved him and took him up to the field to spend some time with his brother who is getting picked apart.
Dropped live trap off at the shop for additional repairs.
Watered the new tomato seedlings that are up. Count as of last night was:
15 - Crimson Cushion
18 - Bush Beefsteak
12 - Trip-L-Crop
plus
3 additional Sunny Boys
Planted 16 of the Green Envy tomato seeds in the open cells.
Watered the redbud seedlings.
Finished up straining the last of the premix into the 2nd glyphosate sprayer.
Mixed up bird food to refill feeders today.
Started staining the nestable wooden crates.
Agenda for today:
Get Menards rebates in the mail.
Get pole put back up for tube feeders and get those put out.
Take garbage and recyclables up to the cans at the road.
Finish spraying the new forsythia planting bed along the west perimeter of the front lawn.
See if I can crack the gland nut loose on the leaking loader lift cylinder. and get it up to the shop.
Another deck cleaning on the Cub, maybe swap out blades.
Plus whatever else comes up.
Hope everyone has a decent Monday ...