From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   derald@invalid.com wrote:   
   ...   
   > Only rarely do we have frost before Hallowe'en and most years not until   
   > December or January, if at all.  I keep watering stations for whatever   
   > itinerant beasts might wander by and they rarely have any evidence of   
   > frost or of freezing.   
      
     we empty them out and cover them up for the winter to   
   prevent freezing damage from taking them out.   
      
     raccoons/etc. have two almost constantly running drainage   
   ditches to get water from all year, the birdbaths they will   
   use at times, as will the deer and the bees, but mostly i   
   want them for attracting the birdies, which act as bug   
   harvesters and fertilizer makers.  :)   
      
      
   > 	Spent the greater part of yesterday cutting a couple of rampant   
   > muscadine vines back into submission and shall continue that project   
   > today.  That's a real treat which some might find entertaining to watch,   
   > given my lack of coordination and muscle control.  Those vines normally   
   > are pruned for production only after dropping their leaves in autumn but   
   > these two are completely out of bounds and have climbed into nearby   
   > trees.  Maybe after one more coffee and the Vivaldi recording on the box   
   > is done.  But then, again, maybe it'll rain....   
      
     no rain in the forecast here until next Saturday or so, but   
   that can change...   
      
     perfect weather really.  if it were like this the whole   
   summer we'd be pretty well set for getting a lot more done   
   around here.  then again, i don't mind having a good excuse   
   for a siesta when it gets too hot outside.   
      
     grape vines can produce a large amount of extra growth.   
   i used to keep some vines as a kid and then here for a   
   few years...  just chop the sticks small enough so that   
   they'll dry out in a season and then they won't have an   
   easy time regrowing.   
      
     we have wild grape vines here that would gladly take   
   over anything they can climb on.  every once in a while i   
   have to cut them back.  it is too bad they don't actually   
   work well for erosion control.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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