We went to the land yesterday – the snow was gone, the fish were jumping, and the spring peepers were out. The kids did some fishing.

There were also animal holes and tunnels everywhere.   A lot of the lumps and tunnels were caused by the stupid groundhogs that we have out there.  But there were these other holes, some that I think are toad holes, and some that were connected to long tunnels in the grass.

What animal made this track?  These tunnels through the grass went on for some distance.

See – these tracks are long.  Could these paths have been created when the grass was still covered by snow?  Could these be mole tracks? We’ve seen a star-nosed mole before.

I went down the vegetable garden & it was a big soup with standing water in the paths.  And the beds were covered with field grass. I didn’t have time to weed the strawberries, and couldn’t get the garlic in.  I think we are going to till, then cover the beds with biodegradable row cover to kill the grass.  We build the raised beds last year & just tilled the grass in.  I wanted have the organic matter in the bed that the dead grass would provide, but that may have been a mistake.

We also staked out where the cottages will go, and Alex cut down two dead trees that were in the way.   The cottages will arrive in a few weeks, it is very exciting!