Turkey Tracks: May 23, 2011
Sunny Saturday
For a brief shining few hours, we had some actual sunshine last Saturday. John and I dropped everything else we had planned and worked in the yard. He mowed, and the chickens loved that. Four of them decided to take sun baths in the newly mown grass.
That’s the fenced garden in the background. Soon enough now we have to fence the chickens instead.
I planted more peas, radish, and, for the first time, CUT SOME ASPARAGRAS spears. This year is the third for the asparagras bed, and we’ve had three meals so far. Asparagras cut fresh bears no relationship to what I’ve ever bought in a store. It’s dead sweet and so tender.
We dragged down all the seedlings from the upstairs porch. They’re more than a little leggy–still not enough light for them on the porch. I’m hoping a few days in full daylight will green them up. It’s probably wishful thinking for the tomatoes, at least. The cabbage, broccoli, and Brussel sprouts may fare better.
Penny started barking madly on the driveway. I thought she had cornered a garter snake. But, here’s what she had:
A snapping turtle is not a thing with which to trifle. When we called Penny off, the turtle moved out with astonishing speed.
You can’t see the claws on the front feet, but they’re pretty long. Clearly s/he had followed what s/he thought was a waterway only to land up in our driveway. When left alone, s/he redirected and headed for flowing water downstream from our hill.
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