#critter damage

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Today was a mixed bag...

There was good stuff and sad stuff. It was a very early day for me, mostly because once I woke up at around 4am, I wasn’t able to fall back asleep. I finally have up well before my 5:30 alarm. We expected to need a lot of time to get Furriosa and Bug – we knew we wouldn’t be able to get Marta – into carriers, so my daughter and I were out shortly after 6. Since she has had better luck making…

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Our 2023 garden: critter damage and corn harvest.

While doing my morning rounds, I found some new critter damage around. Both corn beds were hit, though not too badly. A few other things were nibbled on, including the way too under ripe Boston Marrow that I had left on the vine. It had gotten about 6-7 inches long and was even looking like it was trying to ripen since the plant was hit by frost. Now, there’s just a bit at the end of the stem…

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Nemesis

It’s a monster! I found this beast on one of my bean plants. For this type of slug, it’s huge! No surprise, considering they have been gorging themselves,not only on the leaves, but the pods, as well. Slugs must die! 😆 The Re-Farmer

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Our 2023 garden: NOOOoooo!!!!!

Well, crud. Look what I found this morning! Almost the entire bean bed has been eaten! From what I’ve been able to see on the trail cams, we’ve only got one deer still coming into the yard, since we got rid of the bird feeders and stopped putting deer feed out all winter. A few nibbles here and there were found in the beds by the vehicle gate into the inner yard. I was working on plans on how…

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Found it! Also, my mother's car is very small

I had a bit of time this morning to prepare before working on the old kitchen garden. My plan had been to use the four foot length of logs left over from when the branch piles were chipped to build up the walls of garden bed, end to end, held in place by stakes. As I was doing other stuff around the spruce grove yesterday, I realized a tree top from a dead tree we’d cut down was still stuck in…

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Racoons, kitties, and new phone goofs

Racoons, kitties, and new phone goofs

Who’s that judgey boy? Judement is that judgey boy! Yeah, I’m going to like the camera on this phone. We’ve been allowing the kittens to stay in the sun room overnight, propping the doors so that they’re just barely open, since cleaning up the glass in the broken windows. The down side of that is, other critters get in, too. It used to always be skunks, but we hardly see the skunks anymore. I…

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Morning disasters, and morning cuteness

Morning disasters, and morning cuteness

What a rough start to the day. But first, some cuteness. I think we can safely assume this tortie is a Broccoli baby. I’m starting to see it slightly more often, though still not as much as Broccoli Baby! 😁 It’s hard to say, but it’s possible that Broccoli’s kittens are actually the oldest ones. I seem to recall seeing her showing up at the kibble house looking not-pregnant, before I…

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Rescue!

While my husband and I were gone for our medical appointments, my daughter finished watering the rest of the garden beds and transplants, including the trees. She sent use this sad photo. One of the Korean Pine was gone! Not only was it dug up, but even the wood shaving mulch was gone! There was nothing left but a hole in the ground. So disappointing. When my husband and I got home, my…

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