What did you do in the garden today?

[LittleMissCountry]

Got the coop sprayed today.
This year ~ I’ve noticed
More honey bee’s
More bats
More hummingbirds
When the bats all rush out at night (to me) it’s a beautiful sight.

That is awesome! Our neighbors raise honeybees, but all theirs died this year, and they have no idea why.
We have a lot of bats here, and love to watch them at night. Last year I put hummingbird feeders out at the back and front, but we ended up taking them down because they fought so much! They are vicious little birds! One would sit on the feeder and attack others that came near. In the front, one would sit in a tree, then surprise attack any that tried to eat at the feeder. It would stun them, then our cat would grab them. So sad. I loved watching them eat, but they wouldn't play nice.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

I hardly see any bats here anymore... they were good mosquito eaters.

We found a bunch of wild blackberry vines along our property so we started clearing out some brush so they can get more sunlight. My mouth is watering at the thought of all these fresh berries... but there's a lot more work to be done.
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Yum! We got only enough for one blackberry cobbler this year, but it was yummy!

 

[LittleMissCountry]

I ran across this,,, and thought it was neat.
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Grower must have specially made boxes that these get placed in when still small.

My father in law travels to Japan a lot for work, and he was telling us about these. The square watermelons are really popular there. They do grow them in molds, and they have other shapes as well. I wonder how it affects the rind to fruit meat ratio?

 

[LittleMissCountry]

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Sprayed the chickens.
They were such good girls.
Marion berries are coming.
Grapes are getting bigger.

Ooh, gorgeous! Those look great!

 

[LittleMissCountry]

Maybe I’ll see if I can get the 6 foot tall rooster from TSC. LOL!

Ha! We were in yesterday and my kids were begging me to get that.
I am tempted just to see what the HOA would say about it.

 

[LittleMissCountry]

I have been busy today! We finally got a cloudy day, which makes the 90 degrees not feel so miserable. I have been wanting to give the chickens a "safe" place to run around during the day. We used to let them out to roam the yard, but they decided their favorite place was in the road in front of our house. It is a private road but people drive too fast and there is a curve right before our house.

So this is the solution.

The green "netting" hopefully blends in to the trees so the HOA doesn't throw a fit. You can't see it from the road anyway. It surrounds a group of trees where the coop is at. The kids have a hammock up in there (both are in it now).

 

[cavemanrich]

but they decided their favorite place was in the road in front of our house.

So that leads to the AGE OLD QUESTION.
This may be an ANSWER,,,,,,,,

 

[LittleMissCountry]

So that leads to the AGE OLD QUESTION.
This may be an ANSWER,,,,,,,,

Ha! I think mine are eyeing the blackberry bushes in the empty lot across the road.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Afternoon everyone tell ya had to go in Chehalis this morning did also go to home depot
bought a new light for over the kitchen sink BF hooked one up but chain pull always coming apart bought new one he swears he will put a switch to it .. Love the thought may be right @cavemanrich oh yes other at home depot is jalapeño with blossoms and started fruit none of what I planted new seeds not one came up

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

So that leads to the AGE OLD QUESTION.
This may be an ANSWER,,,,,,,,