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Sep 13, 2007 | 7:45 AM PST
Tags: weather , hummingbirds , Humberto

Tuesday and Wednesday were gorgeous weather-wise! After nearly a solid week of rain we had bright sunny skies and cooler temps ... well cooler as in low 90s, but that's much better than triple digits without the heat index eh.

So on Tuesday I managed to yank up the dead plants, stir up the soil in the buckets (some was quite compressed, I had a hard time getting a couple of the tomato plants to let go), and plant my two varieties of peas. Meant to do the radishes yesterday, but ended up doing housework instead. While we were gone on vacation, and then off at Rick's parent's house sitting and taking care of his son while his parent's were at the hospital with his nephew, we had some mice move it. At least three of them, probably coming in from the rain. I got a lucky shot with a pellet gun and took one out on a ricochete but the buggers are eating SOMETHING (can't figure out what though) and are clever enough to trip the trap without getting caught. I WILL win!

The hummingbirds are back too. Of course all my hummingbird flowers are pretty much dead now, but I've still got the feeders. Had to clean them up and make more food for them, but that was easy enough. Trying to hang the first one back out and I had two hummers flying around my head as if to say "Hurry it up there" ... hopefully they'll let me get pictures.

It's already clouding over again, we're expecting rain from Humberto I guess today and tomorrow. One station says one thing, the other says something else. Wish they would get it together.

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AngelsGarden	Sep 13, 2007 \| 8:33 AM PST If we get a mouse trying to set up house in here I go to war too. Something that has always worked for me is a sticky trap with a single chocolate chip set in the very center of the trap. So far it has worked every time. We have been getting steady rain from Humberto since before 6am this morning. Its starting to come down faster, I just hope the wind doesn't get too bad.
Kittyfang	Sep 13, 2007 \| 10:55 AM PST We get lil mice in our trailer as well, during the winter tho. I was at first very concern about them, careful not to hurt them and to do the human thing, but after 2 weeks. I was keeping the cat indoor for her to eat them, I was setting up traps, hiding the food. I always find it interesting that people who advocate human traps and and understanding are usually the ones WITHOUT the mice problem. (I'm generalizing, but still)
jennycatar	Sep 13, 2007 \| 3:06 PM PST AngelsGarden: How long do you have to listen to them squeal though, once they're trapped? Kittyfang: I agree, the ones who have never had a mouse in the house are the ones looking down on us for trapping them. I'd love to set catch and release traps, but they'll only end up back in the house again.

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