Thursday, December 11, 2025

Pruning notes, mice and a Christmas toy idea

 

A pear tree after pruning on the left. An unpruned apple tree on the right.

I grafted four branches last spring into the pear tree and this year I pruned out nearly all of the growth that was NOT from those grafts.

The down-sized bucket-o-mice.

It is in a pole-barn that is cat-proof but not mouse proof. I wanted to prove that the smaller size could still work and that the mice could not hop out.

The peanut butter bait flaked off in the cold weather. I will spread the peanut butter on a strip of gauze and wrap that around spinner-bottle.

A new toy for Quicksilver

Quicksilver really likes Grandma's "Bissell".

She will be getting her very own this Christmas.

That is a lot of money for a 3 year-old's toy but I am willing to spend extra for tools that get used.
 

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