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| Violets. Viola odorata. Not a native species but much more fragrant than North American species. |
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| Flower buds on European Plum Gras Romanesc |
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| Bitter Cress? |
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| Buds on Asian Pear Chojuro |
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| From left-to-right, Kale, Turnips, Rutabaga |
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| Close-up of rutabagas. I am inclined to let these go to seed. |
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| View of the potato patch |
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| A bird box where a field mouse took up residence. The nesting material looks odd. |
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| Deer hair! |
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| Right-midground, potato patch. Right foreground kale-turnips-rutabagas. Left, 2024 corn patch. Background, pasture. |
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| Onion seedlings. Chive clippings scattered on surface in a feeble hope of fooling robins to leave seedlings alone. |
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| AuRubrum plum grafted on purple-leaf plum. |
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| Overlooking Mrs ERJ's 2024 kitchen garden. Green foreground is garlic, green mid-ground is turnip cover-crop. |
Pulled a mouse's nest out of the tractor engine bay yesterday! Used it a week ago, WTF?!
ReplyDeleteThe wren has made my fuel-shed his home this year... Blue Birds are fighting over which house they want to nest in. Little-brown bat has started making appearances in the twilight as well! Ahh, Spring!
Deer hair used for nest - was an animal processed in a nearby location ? Mice will use anything they can move to build their nests.
ReplyDeleteRoad-killed deer across the street on my neighbor's property.
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