Black pudding, anyone?

March 24th, 2008

The Wards are back state side after a week across the pond in Ireland. To come: a series of posts chronicling our trip, complete with pictures, commentary, unwarranted opinions, and a glimpse into the Irish cuisine (black pudding included).

In other exciting news, our dog Wembley is a graduate! He has earned his first diploma in basic obedience. Sure, it was by the skin of his teeth and maybe a bit of luck and a glance the other way by the instructor, but he passed 4 out of 5 tests--even the 2 minute down stay. To celebrate, we put him in a kennel for a week while we went abroad. We will make this up to him by the purchase of a new stuffed toy for him to demolish. It is pretty pathetic watching him drag around empty shells of what used to be a penguin, dog, and whale.

We have also been a bit neglectful in posts detailing our progress on the house. I'll be working on remedying that in the near future--we are down to the final 2 rooms, friends. It has been a long haul, and I can't wait to be done!

To end--does anyone with a yard have any tips on controlling clovers and vine-like things that take over your grass? Our current solution has been hand-pull as much as possible, then mow it down so it just looks like short grass. We also have a slight problem with ants that just seem to move instead of die when the ant poison hits them. I think we are making them stronger...

~Kelly

posted by: kelly • 5 comments »

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Comment from: Mom Ward [Visitor]

My best advice for unwanted things in your yard is to fertilize to make the grass stronger and it will eventually kill the unwanted things in the yard-if you are lucky enough to live in your house long enough for that to happen. Ants-ask Grandad for suspend.

03/24/08 @ 19:18

Comment from: Nana [Visitor]

I agree with what your mom said about the weeds/grass, etc.
To bring you up to date on the orphan calf. When I got home grandad told me a friend had a cow that had a calf and it died. When he went to the pasture, two cows had a calf in between them and it seems they both tried to claim it. He figured out to whom it actually belonged and ask us to bring the orphan over and he would see if the cow would adopt it. We let the calf get hungry, took it over, so far, so good. No more bottles. Got your card today 3-25.

03/25/08 @ 14:05

Comment from: Sister [Visitor]

My suggestion is to ask Zac about yard care...he seems to know a lot about it...except how to make grass grow in the areas Xandr likes to trample down!

03/26/08 @ 16:59

Comment from: Kristy [Visitor]

Ooh, I can't wait to see the Ireland posts! Have been wondering how your trip went. We got your postcard - thanks!

03/27/08 @ 11:19

Comment from: Mom Beck [Visitor]

My suggestion for getting rid of weeds, clover, etc....get a lawn service to treat the yard. They are suppose to know what to do and if it doesn't work they will usually come back out and retreat for free. Or get some Weed-Be-Gone and spray it directly on the troublesome spots yourselves.
We got your postcard...thanks. Looking forward to the Ireland pictures and stories.

03/27/08 @ 19:39

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