Turkey day

Running:
I have some catching up for the last week since my last post. This was a pretty good week for running. With no long races on the agenda it’s a little harder to stay motivated to put a bunch of miles in.  Last Monday I took a planned off day. I took the day completely off to rest. I will take at least one day off for a while and Monday seems to work pretty good especially if my longer run of the week was on Sunday.   Tuesday because of a combination of the rainy weather and a situation at work I was forced to take an unplanned day. Again not really a problem since there is no long race on the horizon. Wednesday I got out for my typical lunch time run of 7.5 miles in 58.05.  Thursday I ran my hill repeat workout which I had skipped for a couple weeks. Total distance 7.5 miles in 1:05:02. I’ll be trying to run this at least once a week again for a while. If for no other reason to just mix things up a bit. Friday I ran the 7.5 mile route again in 1:01:21.  Saturday morning early I got out for 10.5 miles in 1:27:13. This was baby turkey day. I saw several flocks of turkeys with hundreds of chicks on this run. They startled me several times as they scurried about on the side of the road as I passed. Sunday I decided to head west from my house up around Pretty lake instead of my usual South routes. I ran one loop around the lake and then south around Ottawa Lake and Hwy ZZ. It was a good change of pace.  I ran 14.5 total miles in 1:59:45.  Totals through Sunday:
WTD 47.5
MTD 73
YTD 1238
ODO 26404


Hunting:
Saturday I was able to get the food plot tilled where I wanted to plant the field corn. I prepared enough of the soil to make six rows and was able to then get them all planted. Also planted one row of giant grey stripe sunflowers that the wildlife seems to like.


Gardening:
The garden continues to come in pretty well. Strawberries are at the peak right now. I have been able to pick at least a gallon every other day this past week. Sunday we made strawberry and strawberry rhubarb freezer jam, and also made a strawberry rhubarb crisp. The crisp was awesome. All of the rows of seeds seem to be germinating pretty well. Only a couple of spots will need to be filled in a bit. We seem to be getting just the right amount of moisture and good temperatures for now. The crows are driving me crazy though. The other morning I watched as they pulled a few of my pumpkin plants right out of the ground to eat the seed that had just sprouted. Luckily I chased them away before they killed too many plants. I replanted these few spots and also put some rubber snakes out to help scare the crows away. This works as they haven’t been around since. I need to fix up my scarecrow too and get that out there soon. Last year the one I made had shiny helium balloons tied into the long sleeves of the shirt. The movement and sparkles coming off the balloons seemed to work pretty well, at least for a while.