The squirrel saga and cat psychology
No more squirrels have been caught. About a week ago we moved the trap to the other side of the house, cos I hadn’t heard anything for a while. […]
Category Archives: Garden/Yard
Best sign of spring
My little teeny crocus are up out behind the house. The smallest crocus I’ve ever seen, and the earliest flower ever here. I’ve seen them snowed on on occasion, […]
The squirrel score, and what a surprise
There was another time when the trap was sprung and no squirrel, and no cracker that time. Days in between with no activity at all. So a couple days ago […]
Score: squirrel, 1, human, 0
This old house. A squirrel found his way into my attic, and the only place I see any light along the eave is so small that I can’t believe one […]
Some bamboo is still frozen to the ground
We’ve had a really hard winter. It’s the longest time period that I’ve ever had bamboo laying down, frozen to the ground with snow still on and around it. Most […]
The most fun you can have with a peanut butter jar
A peanut butter jar isn’t usually fun, but it is if you put it outside and watch what squirrels do with it. The smell drives them crazy, and exterminators use […]
Robins!
It’s a lousy picture, cos he was a long ways away, but this bird is our sign that spring will come to Pennsylvania. Robins leave here late in August and […]
It’s hard for wildlife when the ground is covered with snow
We’ve had a ground cover for about 3 weeks now. I’ve been feeding the birds every day and sometimes have a dozen doves on my back porch at once. Plus […]
There were seeds down in there, I’m sure of it……….
The squirrels and the humans hope the snow will soon go away. All of it.
Winter just won’t go away
Some say it’s just an ordinary Pa winter. It probably is, but it’s the worst one I can remember for a long time, like since I was a kid. It […]
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