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| The young trees are growing well. This is a Liberty/G935 that has outgrown its protection; a chicken wire cage. |
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| This Gold Rush/G935 is not doing quite as well but it has also outgrown its protection. It is just a matter of time before a deer comes along and strips it down to the top of the blue cage. |
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| The same Liberty tree shown above. I use four foot wide, 2" by 4" welded wire mesh. I count out fifteen squares for each cage. That makes a circle that is just a bit smaller than 10" in diameter. Another detail is that when I cut the wires I alternate: long-short-long-short. The long stubs are easy to bend by hand to finish the cage. I typically bend a high, middle and low wire to join the ends. |
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| The cage for the Gold Rush. About 15 percent of my woodlot is Black Locust. I do not lack for fence post material even if some of it is picturesquely crookedy. |
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| This is the hummingbird feeder setup. It is modeled on how campers are supposed to cache their grub in bear country. |
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| It does not stop the ants. |
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| There is an old saying on Wall Street: Pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered. I guess we know which category these ants fell into. |
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| .303 British on the left. 7.62X54R Russian on the right. The "R" in 7.62X54R refers to the fact that it has a rim. These old timers can still get it done, even if the guns that shoot them are getting worn out. The Canadian Government is in the process of replacing the SMLE .303 rifles issued to the Canadian Rangers with a SAKO design that fires the .308 Win. The 7.62X54R is still used in light machine guns in the former Soviet Bloc. |
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| Image of the new Canadian Ranger rifle, designated the C-19. |
You can stop the ants with a bit of petroleum jelly dabbed as a barrier around your hanger. Same thing for yellow jackets only around the feeding holes. Neither critter wants to touch it so they won't land on it or walk over it. Works great on my feeders.
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