Aren't gophers cute when they bounce about on rocks? I am pretty sure they don't eat them.
The problem with gophers is that they kill plants by eating the roots. They will kill the lawn, tomatoes and etc. Small shrubs too.
It is 84 now and was close to 90 today. Tomorrow says 87 and Wednesday says 80.Good evening everyone
Wow did we have a gorgeous weekend! We got a little too hot for us (70's in April????) so it was a bit hard getting work done in that kind of heat but I managed to get the entire raised herb garden raked, leveled and ready to go. It was no easy feat either. The entire thing, walkways and all looked like an exploded mine field after the feathered rototillers had been in there all week. They do a great job on the raised beds but I wish I could convince them the walkways don't need turning over. Today I got their coop all spring cleaned and sparkly and even undid all the winter damage they inflicted upon the greenhouse. Way early this morning before I even noticed pa had snuck outside and started work on cutting the pophole into the north side of the coop that I wanted for the new removable grow out pen we built inside the coop. (I had it written on my "todo" list on the fridge for today) The new littles will have their very own outside "playpen" inside the run and can safely grow up next to the ladies until they are big enough to join them. I did my chores and then we worked on it together. Our coop walls are a sandwich of heavy plywood inner walls,4" of dense foam insulation, a layer of heavy tar paper then steel siding. When we cut thru the steel and started cutting thru the insulation the chooks came charging like little kids at a piniata party! Crazy birds. What is it with chickens and foam anything anyway??? I had to bribe them outside the run with the mealworm bag so we could finish. Tomorrow is finally supposed to be a rain day, yea. Hopefully enough to lower the fire danger. I really feel sorry for the folks in Texas but we sure could use some of their moisture. Anyway, it will give me a chance to focus on finishing the set up of the chick brooder in the sunroom. Then all will be ready for the new arrivals hopefully on May 3 and I can get back to prepping and planting the gardens. If it doesn't rain we are going to have to drag out the hoses, crank up the pump on the field well and water the garlic crop. Watering in April, crazy. 70o in April, insane.
