We spotted our first ruby-throat hummingbird yesterday!  He zoomed to the kitchen window feeder, perched, looked above and around before settling to drink.  This is a day earlier than last year. Last night's temperature dropped to 27 here on the mountain.  We'd love to know where he goes to keep warm on these cold nights.

Let the games begin...............

The bag of mole repellent came out of the shed a few days ago.

I poured two tablespoons in five tunnels that day and found two new holes this afternoon near the radishes.

Last week when I was in Wayne's Feed Store an elderly lady was telling Wayne that recently she paid an exterminator to get rid of her house and yard rodent infestation but she's finding mice again.  She was buying a peppermint spray solution and was going to place peppermint soaked cotton balls around the house, hopefully to deter the mice. All the firewood has been removed from our back porch giving the mice no place to hide near our doors.  We've discovered nests and seeds in rock walls, under flower pots, under old stacked wood, and in places we never thought of.