I wondered what Livvy was staring at so intently on the front porch this evening. She often sits in the front entry, staring at the outside world of the two outside cats, Milo and Fuzzy. But she was staring a little more… intently… so I peeked out. WHOA. He arched his back when he saw [...]
Continue reading...1. June 2010
I’ve been hearing about this new “organic” pesticide, and wanted to check some out for myself. The gracious folks at Safer Brand gave me a free bottle of EndALL insect spray to try out. Summer is only just beginning here in Upstate New York, so I can’t say we are plagued with loads of pests [...]
Continue reading...29. March 2010
I’ve mentioned many, many times before that we have a deer problem here. Which is really weird, because I live in the busiest part of my small town, and I’m only a few miles away from a city. These deer eat EVERYTHING. I hate them, I do. They are eating machines on springy legs. If [...]
Continue reading...17. March 2010
Rodents- BAH! I don’t INTEND to feed them constantly. My goal is to feed the BIRDS. We’ve been enjoying all the birds coming to my yard, including some beautiful cardinals and chickadees! But apparently, the squirrels have discovered the feast that is in my bird feeder. I filled up the feeder three days ago, and [...]
Continue reading...16. March 2010
Now that the snow is melting, I can walk to the backyard to access the winter damage done by the deer and snowmobilers. :-p My poor apple trees. My poor grape vine!! I could skin those varmints alive, I could. My grapevine didn’t get it as bad as the apple trees. The busted post is [...]
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27. July 2010
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