All the recent rains have not only caused the misery of mosquitoes, but also a sea of weeds. This morning I went down to service feeders. The electricity was off due to a storm in the area last night, not at the oasis. The water feature was becoming hidden by grass and weeds, so I cut what I could before the battery on my weedeater died. By the time the electricity was restored I was too tired to do more.
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After weedeater |
I did it a couple of weeks ago, so it won't stay done for long, but, even though everywhere is an oasis right now, and birds aren't needing a drink or bath, it seems like it should be visible to birders, nonetheless.
The seedpods on the rare Dark Star Milkvines are beginning to ripen.
5 comments:
Thank you for all your work and these reports. What brand of battery-powered weedeater do you have? I need to replace my old Core.
I'll look next time I'm there. I'll be needing to use it anyway so won't forget. The plastic string breaks all the time. I'm wondering about getting one with those steel cords. Does anyone know if they're better?
A diffrent type of rain problem. Tropical Storm Arthur dropped 7.67 inches of rain in a couple of days at my fishing place in Rockport. It floods easily but it drains fast. No real damage.
I heard about that. My daughter has a place in Rockport. She didn't mention any flooding.
Depends where you live. I'm in Copano Cove. The area has water on three sides. I'm only three feet above sea level. I'm a little higher up. My neighbors had about 10 inches of water in their yard. We have drainage ditches on both sides of every street and canals on the back of every other street. Water drains pretty fast. Soil is mostly clay with about 9 inches of top soil. During Hurricane Harvey we had about 30 inches of water. Took several days to drain.
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