The Wordsmith's Forge

Today is mostly sunny and mild.

I fed the birds. I've seen several sparrows and house finches, a male cardinal, a blue jay, and a brown thrasher.

I put the flats of pots outside and watered them.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- We went out to the Vintage Fair Market, the Charleston Food Forest (where I rescued some wild strawberries from the footpath), and Riley Creek Vintage where I found 3 plant stands.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- I put out water for the birds.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- I went out to construct the first strawberry tower, but discovered that the stacking pots don't have predrilled drain holes, so they need to be drilled first. 0_o  I wound up puttering around with other things.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- We got all the holes drilled in the stacking pots.  \o/  There are 12 stacking pots, each a cloverleaf with 3 planting pockets, and each pocket having 3 holes, so 108 holes in all.  We traded off drilling them.  I did okay with the power drill -- it's not too heavy for me to use, so that's helpful to know.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- I assembled the first strawberry tower and planted it wtih 18 wild strawberry plants.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- I assembled and planted about half of the second strawberry tower, then farming activity raised a cloud of dust so I had to quit precipitously.  I'll try again later.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- I finished the second strawberry tower.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- I watered the strawberry towers.  It turns out that the shape makes it very awkward to water more than the top two tiers, but with the drain holes in all the pots, if I pour enough water in the top, it seems to rain down to the rest of the pots.

I've seen a fox squirrel.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- I tidied up the corner of the patio where I was potting plants.

EDIT 5/10/25 -- I did a bit of work around the patio.

The first poppy is blooming near the driveway.  The peony bud under the fly-through feeder is showing a crack of hot pink, although the white ones elsewhere haven't started to open yet.

As it is getting dark, I am done for the night.