The Old Folks Home

[microchick]

The unsweetened dark cherry juice concentrate? I used to find it at the local grocery store. Expensive as all get out but I think I still have a bottle of it in the back of the fridge. I used to mix it with cherry cool aid to cut the sourness.

Most health food stores or grocery stores around here carry it. I'm sure Walmart has it on line and probably Amazon also.

 

[getaclue]

I'm so glad I put an electric fence around my coop, and that it's working. MOST of the regular type predators that frequent my property, are trained about the fence. Hawks, raccoons, opossums, cats, dogs, neighbor's dogs that get loose every once in awhile, etc. They've all experienced the zap, and keep away. I toss the older eggs into the garden, and those that eat eggs, go there to get them. I see this on our security cameras nightly. It's been this way for a long time now.

Last night, I spotted an opossum on the camera. It didn't look like one of the regulars. It came from the wrong side of the property. I kept watching. Hmmm, instead of heading over to the garden, it bee lined to the coop, and was met with the fence. It got zapped good, and took off. I try very hard to maintain a balance between keeping my domestic animals safe, without killing off the local wildlife. For the most part, it's working.

 

[ronott1]

I'm so glad I put an electric fence around my coop, and that it's working. MOST of the regular type predators that frequent my property, are trained about the fence. Hawks, raccoons, opossums, cats, dogs, neighbor's dogs that get loose every once in awhile, etc. They've all experienced the zap, and keep away. I toss the older eggs into the garden, and those that eat eggs, go there to get them. I see this on our security cameras nightly. It's been this way for a long time now.

Last night, I spotted an opossum on the camera. It didn't look like one of the regulars. It came from the wrong side of the property. I kept watching. Hmmm, instead of heading over to the garden, it bee lined to the coop, and was met with the fence. It got zapped good, and took off. I try very hard to maintain a balance between keeping my domestic animals safe, without killing off the local wildlife. For the most part, it's working.

It is good that you can see the results on camera too

 

[getaclue]

Yes, seeing everything on camera is the fun part. I get to see the rabbits frolicking around the racoons scurrying around ever cautious, the opossums sauntering around without a care, the squirrels running to, and fro, the hawks keeping watch, darting down to grab a snake or rat every so often, and the big eyes of the watchful owls. There is an occasional fox, and the rare coyote.

Ok, I have to admit that one of the funniest things was when one of the neighbor's cows got loose, and they were grazing back near the coop. When I saw them back there, I did a double take. Even they knew what a hot wire was, and steered clear.

 

[Sally PB]

Yes indeed I did! About a week to go then I can bottle it and add some Purely Peach Juice to it. BTW, where do you get cherry juice?

Being in Michigan, there are lots of cherry orchards. Traverse City, MI, is the Cherry Capitol of the World (shout out to TC!). The stuff I buy is at Costco, also in local groceries, and is from TC.

Just a heads up: we had late frosts this year, and lost a LOT of the cherry crop. Expect prices to go up, if they haven't already.

 

[sourland]

Good morning, OF.

 

[CSolis]

I'm so glad I put an electric fence around my coop, and that it's working. MOST of the regular type predators that frequent my property, are trained about the fence. Hawks, raccoons, opossums, cats, dogs, neighbor's dogs that get loose every once in awhile, etc. They've all experienced the zap, and keep away. I toss the older eggs into the garden, and those that eat eggs, go there to get them. I see this on our security cameras nightly. It's been this way for a long time now.

Last night, I spotted an opossum on the camera. It didn't look like one of the regulars. It came from the wrong side of the property. I kept watching. Hmmm, instead of heading over to the garden, it bee lined to the coop, and was met with the fence. It got zapped good, and took off. I try very hard to maintain a balance between keeping my domestic animals safe, without killing off the local wildlife. For the most part, it's working.

After losing Henri to a possum I put up an electric fence too.. Then a few nights later heard a ruckus outside and went out with the .22 and found that danged possum in the hen house with a mouse full of feathers and Mollie dead. Possum had climbed up the cypress tree and made his way along the branch to the tree in the center of the old dog pen and in he went. He came out in a large trash can. After that I extended a piece of hot wire and round and round in a spiral up the tree it went. Haven't had an attack since much to my joy! When I was raising Pasos a friend of mine with two paso mare had one that could smell when the power went off to her hot wire and would grab it with her teeth and pull, breaking it. Joan used to get so mad. Funny how critters can smell it.

Which just made me think of all the lost peaches from raccoons! Get ya some of the yellow hot wire and make a line from the first tree to the last, turn and go down the other side. 3" and 6" from the ground. See how many peaches you lose next year. You can always turn the fence off when harvesting.

Good morning OF. I've been honored this morning with one of my photos being used in a contest! What a surprise.

 

[microchick]

Morning everyone.

@CSolis that is what we did after the raccoon destroyed the peaches on one of our trees and broke three branches off of it. We didn't wrap the trees but we put extended the hot wire from around the coop to around the orchard by splicing into the coop hot wire. No more raccoons and we haven't seen any signs of deer going after the apples either. Hopefully they have crossed our orchard off of the buffet list.

We have found fox prints around our coop but no encroaching the run by any wild or domestic animals and yeah, all of our dogs have tested the waters so to speak.

The funniest one was when our first cattle dog, Dingo, heisted his leg against the fence. I'm sure they heard him in the next county but he never went near that hot wire again. Poor guy.

Another hot day here again. Temps in the 90s but relief in sight the first part of the week so another day spent inside till sunset.

We are starting to feel like vampires.

 

[silverhair67]

morning

 

[CapricornFarm]

Orb weavers are pretty!

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