Gardens and dogs

Ok, what has happened to the weather? It was warming up pretty nicely and now it's only about 43 degrees. I thought it was supposed to be warmer than that today!

I know it will warm up eventually, though. I went ahead and planted two kinds of lettuce in one of my raised beds -- Black Seeded Simpson and Buttercrunch. Both do pretty well and I think they will germinate and grow just fine, as long as the neighbor's dogs stay out of the beds. I'm thinking I need to surround each raised bed with some low chicken wire to discourage them.

They were keeping them put up all the time, but now I've noticed they are more lax about it and the dogs are once again running loose, especially late at night. That's when they bark at everything that moves, and also when they dig stuff. I wish I could afford a fence all the way around the place to keep them out of my yard!

Always the optimist, though, I'll continue planting all I can, when I can. I hope I don't have to talk to the neighbors myself. Son-in-law already spoke to them about this matter, I think.

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