I am guessing you are not young at all😃
Congratulations, Bitsy! You are the first person to ever say that to me!
Yes, I was busy and tired. I bought and loaded 20, 40 pound posts and ten 80 pound bags of concrete mix into my truck, brought them home and unloaded them and then dug seven holes, carried the posts and cement bags to the garden, and dug holes and set seven posts in concrete. That's picking up almost 2,000 pounds over the course of about five hours. At least the hard part is done. We got 200 feet of welded fence wire yesterday and I have more posts to set tomorrow and then to bury a water line to irrigate the garden. After that, I can put the wire up, and build a door.
Working out a peace treaty with the deer would be easier, but they don't negotiate too well.
I still have LOTS of broken limbs and debris to move and burn and the trunks of three trees that must be cut up and stacked out of the way. The little Carolina Wrens love using the decaying wood as their restaurants!
I'm sure there was more...
Wow! There is a whole lot for you to do tomorrow. Do you have someone to help you out over there?
Peace treaty with the bears? Hahahahah! Well, you can atleast try since its the easier option...
Nope, I do everything myself. Swan is only 5 feet and is too small to do the heavy work. She takes care of the food while i do the dirty work. This afternoon, she did burn three large piles of debris I had collected and that helped a lot. I don't mind the work. When I finish, I can look at the job and have something to show for my time.
Did you ever try to negotiate with a deer? Easier option? HA!
There may be photos when I get time for that kind of thing.
Sure, when you get done and see the result of your effort, all becomes worth it. Glad to see that she is helping out in the little way she can.
Hahahah! No, the only time I have seen a deer was in a zoo, had nothing to negotiate with them😂😂😂. Well, you said it was supposed to be the easier option or did i read it wrong?
When it comes to negotiating with wild animals who want to eat your garden "negotiating" is a relative term. They will promise you anything but will still eat your garden!
Deer are everywhere around here. They are in our front yard almost every early morning and every evening. They love green leaves, especially the soft ones. They have a hard time during the winter when there are no nutritious leaves and they will come up to houses and eat decorative plants. I buy 50 pound bags of corn and put out some twice a day for them. Doing my part to help Mother nature!
Hahahahahahah! I guess the plants look like some sort of a yummy treat in their eyes...😀
I will really love to have them around here but well, I will have to leave my house if I wanna see them (or any other animal). Do you have other animals apart from the deer around? You really are amazing, atleast you are there to help them out when winter comes.
Yeah, I feel sorry for them in the winter because they do get hungry. I put out corn for them and they come every day and night and eat everything I leave for them. Since they are here, they use out decorative plants as their salad bar and Swan does not see the humor in that. Many times in the spring, the moms have their little ones very near our house because they know it is safe and there is food nearby. Watching a day-old deer wobble into the yard and learn to eat corn with its mom is a reward from Mother Nature.
Deer are the largest animals but we also have squirrels (of course), and wild turkeys. At night, Raccoons, Opossums, foxes, Owls, and some coyotes. We have bird visitors, depending on the time of year: Canada geese, hawks, osprey , Great Blue Heron, Kingfisher, and a long list of the more common songbirds (of which the Carolina Wren is my favorite).
There is no swampland nearby since we're about 25 miles from lower and flatter land. They have their share of animals that include alligators.
What is wrong with leaving your house? You live in one of the most exotic places on Earth for seeing wild animals! You have a camera, too! One and one = ?
Lol! She sure wouldn't see any humor in that, not sure I will either. That place you leave in is definitely a beautiful place.
That's a whole lot of animals. Why is that your favorite though?
Well, nothing wrong with leaving my house, I do leave my house like every day (actually, my parent's house🙈. Lol) The issue is leaving the house for a zoo/wildlife park. I guess its more of me being lazy or maybe I am just too used to it? The last time I went to a zoo (one not too far from my house) was about a year ago with my sister, we did take few pictures though. Nothing fancy...
Well, don't have a "professional camera" yet but my phone does the job...