riche$ are on their way

Really, I'm sure of it.

I was outside just now, trying to avoid indoor chores. This is not a very good strategy as there are at least as many outdoor chores, but whatever.

I only have a little bit of the rhubarb explosion left to deal with sitting outside keeping coolish. There was ~15 lbs. of free rhubarb, now only maybe 2 lbs. left. Obviously I learnt nothing from the banana event.

Instead I ambled out to the veggie patch with hoe in hand. The potatoes have grown gloriously well and are seriously in need of hilling. I can ignore the weeds that are competing and winning leaves down by the peas and beans.

As I was hilling and cursing at the hoe, who's blade spun if I worked too hard. Good enough excuse for not pushing too hard I say. Anyway I wondered why the deer who live around here have been leaving my salad bar alone when other people's gardens, tulips and roses are getting chomped. Then it occured to me...

Wait for it.... when you hear this, you will want to rush to your mailboxes cheques addressed to me in hand...

I promise to spend the $$ wisely.....

I have a large elderly golden retriever. Mostly nowadays she sleeps and sheds. The canister of the vaccuum cleaner fills up astonishingly fast with hairy dirt if I ever bother to vaccuum. When the thing won't pick up another crumb, I empty it out into the garden. Voila, deer repellant.

OK, its rather gross, but I really think its working.

I'll start checking my mailbox daily, so that it doesn't get too full with all of the cheques.