Free of pests, no rabbits trying to munch on them (sorry Poochie) and a conversaton starter to boot. IPlanters are fun. So I finally harvested my first ripe cherry tomato from my inverted hanging planter. Check out all the pictures start to finish, pick up some helpful hints and take a poll while your at it just by clicking that delicious looking tomato right; where’d I put it now? Oh yeah.
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For some time now the smaller of our two dogs, Poochie (a Maltese) has been doing her part in keeping the yard free of rabbits by chasing them whenever we let her outside.
My wife and I have both remarked on different occasions about how much closer Poochie has been getting to catching them. Well, this last Saturday I was in the house and my wife had let the girls outside to water the lawn. Before I knew it I heard her yelling for me to come outside.
When I got outside she explained to me how Poochie had chased after and caught a fully grown rabbit that was sprawled in between the garden fence and corner of the garage. Poochie had caught the rabbit by it’s back right leg breaking it, then bit the rabbit in the neck. The rabbit somehow managed to get loose from the bear trap grip that is Poochie’s mouth and find it way to a small tool shed behind our garage. Below are the pictures that I took as I uncovered the rabbit inside the shed.
There’s where the little bugger is hiding.
It’s something how they can fanagle themselves into the tightest area when they are injured and trying to escape the predator.
In this one I was looking at the rabbit thinking it couldn’t be hurt That bad. However it wasn’t making much of an effort to try to run away any more.
Ah yes, that explains it. I don’t think this rabbit is going anywhere except that big vegetable garden in the sky.
And here is Poochie proud as can be keeping a watchful eye on her catch.
I would like to note that the rabbits suffering was ended in a swift and humane manner.
My wife picked up some new shades for our living room and walk-in closet last weekend so of course they had to be put up right away. No furniture fading for me, no sir. When I opened the package boldly labeled “easy installation” the first thing I noticed was that the hardware included the most poorly created screws known to man.
You know what I’m talking about, they’re the kind that have an incredibly shallow head and equal threading so that not only do you have to turn it a million plus times to get it threaded in but you are certain to strip the head well before it is fully threaded. So after pre-drilling the holes and really trying to get the blasted things screwed in with a regular phillips screwdriver and my electric drill.
I did what I should have done right after opening the package.
Drywall screws are the universal fasteners. I use them for everything and I should have just started out with them to begin with. It only took two screws on each bracket as opposed to the four impotent ones that were included by the manufacturer. 
In fact I could have got away with one on each but what the heck drywall screws come in bulk and these blinds aren’t going anywhere.
