pollipazzi's 365 project

Is your coop fox-proofed? He may not have paid attention this time because you gave him a shower, but he 100% knows it's there.
it's as foxed proof as i can get it. their run is between 2 concrete block sheds with a block wall in the back of it, so it's concrete on 3 sides.
the roof has corrugated roofing on top of hwc.
the front is framed out in timber with 2 layers of hwc going up a metre from the bottom. one layer up to the roof.
i put leftover roofing on the front of that for the winter.
there's a hwc skirt, also pavers.
and in front of the front of the run, i have a very not secure "flu fort" which is a pop up gazebo covered in chicken wire. i just put that there when they started a housing order for bird flu so they could have a bit more (supervised) room. we're planning on building that properly because it's really, really handy! but for now, at least it's one more layer a fox would have to get through to get to them (the easiest layer).
also, i have the camera in the run and one on the shed on the side, so i go out every time a fox appears! then i sleep (sort of) on the couch, which is right by the door, so when he comes back i can get out quick.


last night, i was unprepared and was out in my long johns shouting and clapping my hands and violently squirting him with the hose.
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i don't know if this is a weed or a plant. i didn't plant it, and google lens is wrong. it doesn't really look weedish.
anybody know what it is?
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i don't know if this is a weed or a plant. i didn't plant it, and google lens is wrong. it doesn't really look weedish.
anybody know what it is?
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the verdict is it is a potentilla fruticosa. i guess i'll wait and see what happens. at least it's not a terrible invasive poisonous death plant.
 
the weird thing is, and what throws me off, is that it says it comes from the burren, which is super cool, but the burren is like an hour drive from here!
Birds probably brought it in. They spread seed far and wide. Might have even been an eaten seed that survived the trip through and washed clean in a rainstorm.
 

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