Spring Cleaning

Current Count: 78 eggs

I took some time to go after the straw today. I attacked the pile on the patio and mucked out the chicken coop, changing it over to fresh straw rather than leaving the ground uncovered. I also took out the cedar chips that have been in the roosting box and put in straw. Even with all that, we must still have 7/8 of that bale...yeesh. It's going to be June before I'm rid of the whole thing.

We also had the mobile lawn mower guy come over and fix the mower and the blower. That's going to make a huge difference if the guy manages to fix them. He's outside working on them in the driveway now...it's a business model I hadn't seen before in small machinery repair and frankly, it feels a little tweaky. All that being said, it's happening right now so I'm committed to hoping for the best and bringing him a bottle of water if he needs it. He may not, however, borrow a car antenna and some brillo pad.

In other news, I got in 41 miles on bike this weekend. I saw three fat turkeys and a ton of Canada geese along the American river. It was beautiful weather, and everything is bright green and budding because of the rain/sun combination.