This is Torvi. She is the first orb weaver to show up this year. She has a web that spans the width of the whole back of the green house. That’s where i first found her and where she has hung out since. One day i was doing my regular warfare with the grasshoppers who …
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Handling a Rattlesnake Problem
I let the grass get thigh high and a rattlesnake moved into the chicken pen and returned to this particular spot under the water dispenser every night. The wide flat head told me what it was and its return to the same spot nightly told me it was not just passing through. I had let …
Kiska
This is what happened. My coworker asked me if i wanted kittens. I said no. Then she asked me if i knew anyone who wanted kittens. I said actually my neighbor is looking for barn cats. I agreed to take the litter for my friend/neighbor as barn cats. He then said he has enough barn …
Kitten Season
Every year when it stops being so cold that it freezes at night and it hasnt yet become so hot that you can cook food by leaving it on the dashboard of your car and locking the doors…the feral barn cats have babies. Now, out here we have the large 50 lb wolf- like coyotes. …
An Unusually Prolific Hail Season
There’s been a lot of hail this year. There hasn’t been a substantial amount of prolonged rainfall since 2019. We’re getting more hail than rain. It seems this was a good year to build the carport. You just never know what the skies are going to do.
The First Uninvited House Guest of the Year
The scorpions are back. Ready the salt canisters.
A Different Way
A pregnant coworker with a 1 year old at home who works full time turned around in her chair and folded her arms, “Tell me, cuz i want to know. I want to know what is so time consuming that you cant find time to fit in projects or sleep. I want to know what …
My First Salad from the Garden
On this day i decided to use up the lettuce as it was getting too hot to have it in the garden anymore. I made a little salad from lettuce, spinach, basil, and tomatoes from the garden. I added avocado and chickpeas from the fridge. It was pretty good with some vegan dressing and umami …
Grandpa’s Weeder
I ordered this thing online and it came in the mail. It is the greatest invention. I immediately went and pulled up all the bull thistles on the property. They pop right out root and all! It’s so amazing! You just line it up, push it down, and lean to the side. It is now …
It’s Frog Season
I try to keep these guys away from the dogs but this time of year they’re everywhere. Occasionally one comes in throwing up white foam and i know they’ve picked up a frog of some sort. You’d think they’d learn but they never do. They just dont eat for a day and they throw up …