Category Archives: critter control

Destruction continues!

Posted on June 28, 2018 by carolee

  My poor begonia!  After removing 10…that’s TEN raccoons so far, this is still happening!  Another victim.  And the big pot just planted yesterday now looks like this:   And to add salt to the wound, last night’s trap was … Continue reading →

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Frustration!

Posted on May 8, 2018 by carolee

  This was the 8th morning in a row that I’ve looked out the French doors to see this!  Every day I replant the container, sometimes having to replace flowers that are too damaged to stay.  Every night a raccoon … Continue reading →

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Thwarting the birds

Posted on May 19, 2017 by carolee

Last year, I was overjoyed to begin picking a quart or so every few days from the strawberries I’d planted in the potager.  They were older plants moved from the prior Cook’s Garden at the farm, so were off to … Continue reading →

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And the battle begins…

Posted on April 7, 2016 by carolee

Late March brought us absolutely wonderful, warm spring days, where cold-tolerant crops like the radish seeds and the onion sets shown above broke ground daily in the potager, daffodils in an array of divine designs opened to sway in gentle … Continue reading →

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Lots of visitors

Posted on March 22, 2016 by carolee

Here are the results of the first few days using the critter camera.  It has a memory card, like most cameras today, which documents the date and time the photo was taken.  The camera is set to take a photo … Continue reading →

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New Toys

Posted on March 9, 2016 by carolee

Indiana is experiencing wonderful, beautiful, warm (mid 60’s-70 degrees F!), sunny days as March begins.  That’s unusual, because it’s peak-season basketball tourney time for the Hoosier state, and normally we’re hit with cold, snowy weather.  With days this perfect, I decided … Continue reading →

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