Under the plum trees: Deer tracker.

It was Saturday and time to get to work in the yard again. Yesterday I finished about 1/2 or 2/3 of the pile of brush from the hydro installation cut. Things continued to dry out in the heat and the dry tinder so close to the road was a bit scary and a bit messy. I sawed off some big branches for small logs. Firewood for winter 2016. Today I finished my job and soaked the ground just to be safe.

Oops forgot to take a picture of my little stick/ log pile under the hazelnut tree.

That looks nice and neat now. The ground is all twigs, branches and needles... But it would be nice to get some plants in there....

I have discovered that not only do I have two 96% dead blueberry bushes near the back fence, but I also have three sorta healthy ones along the fence line... I have picked a total of five blueberries from two shrubs. I have also picked about 6 lbs from a friends garden a few streets over, but I digress.The truck that hit the rhododendron months back, also ran over one of my blueberry shrubs. Anyhow with some more love and water maybe next year might be better.

I decided to clean things up around the bush that was run over, and I dug up some of the wildflower/ weeds for transplant to the front. I moved the lavender over and put a few rocks in place for support.

I did not do a great transplant operation. As I stated, not great soil and I did not bring much with the plants. I am betting on the prolific hardy nature of these plants.

I should add that the talk on the street this morning was that the young buck had returned with some friends early this morning. Either two or three in the party depending on which neighbour you ask. I had observed tracks and had done my best at reading them. I noticed that it appeared that deer had entered on the south side of the house and left the yard on the north side. It was at about 5:30 in the morning. The neighbour attempted to yell at them to get out of the yard, but they did not listen. Others shooed them down the street away from everyone's yard. A few plums were probably eaten, but no mess was left. The only real loss was once again my yellow rose.

The floor guy was busy all day and the hallway is almost done.

It's getting there... Floor guy said he would be back tomorrow to finish up the hall and lay the cable in the front room. That's good news.

Here is a close up of the expansion joint between the hall and the bedroom.

Here is a nice view in the back door. The tile really does look like a barn wood floor. I am liking it.

But the real exciting news is that I picked a tomato today. I have two different types of tomato plants and a few other 'soon to ripe' green tomatos. I have never grown tomatoes before... So this is the first tomato I have ever picked from my own garden.