Pato Cactus Project

My new next door neighbors Jack and Jeri Kitchens from Boise, ID love my 6 grain bread. Note the ball cap he has on - it's Boise State and he's a fan, imagine that. This week Jack has become my new best friend. For the fee of continued loaves of bread he has helped me downsize and take down all the dead agave and cholla cactus out back. In the past when dad or I tried to cut this large agave in our bricked area it was impossible to get those dead branches on sides and in back. Well, Jack borrowed this incredible small elec saw and he had those taken out in no time. Dad never owned one of these and I don't think Henry did either. He also found the "home" of a pack rat and possible family but he saw only the one scurry up the brick wall. He had made himself quite a hiding place with food storage, lots of pink stuffing (for bed) and all sorts of other small items one needs in a southern home. After Jack finished I filled in his abode and entrance and now he's one of the many homeless rats out there just in time for the holidays.

Then Jack asked if I wanted him to trim up the cholla in back also and I agreed as it had many holes in some areas where birds or animals had their lunch. Before we knew what happened it was gone! And I'm delighted as it really was ugly and I had been "bitten" before with it's needles when I would attempt to trim it. Now, the trick is "how to make all this mess in my yard disappear"? Maybe I'll have to make bread for the garbage men and their truck.

I forgot to mention about when I gassed up a few days ago. Gas was 2.97, yea!!