Spring work delay due to hibernating lizards
I waited for the lizards to come out of hibernation before continuing work on the dirt pile.
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Category: Animals
Bees and hummingbird moths love the plum and nectarine flowers
After a cold and windy spring, we just had the first couple WARM days. I love watching and listening to the insects pollinating the fruit trees. So many insects pollinated the plum tree:...
Read MoreSequestering carbon in the soil and the importance of holistic ranching
Another very interesting Mercola article: How Grazing Cows Can Save the Planet, and Other Surprising Ways of Healing the Earth Dr. Mercola interviewed Judith Schwartz: … Basically, when grazing animals graze, they’re...
Read MoreDesperate attempt to kill the gophers with truck exhaust
Last summer the gophers again invaded our lower garden. Jose set the traps several times, but we just did not catch ANY gopher. They cleverly buried the trap every time. We finally gave up and were VERY lucky they didn't go...
Read MoreWe're under gopher attack
It took them FIVE years to find me! I had gophers at my old place and my little 4′ x 8′ garden plots were completely hardware cloth lined and fenced. I didn’t think I’d get gophers here because the soil...
Read MoreCritter update: fat lizards and tomato worms, Mojave Green moved into live trap
That’s the biggest tomato worm I’ve ever seen, the size of Jose’s index finger: I had not realized how pretty this worm is until I looked at the large picture. It’s too bad they’re so damaging and...
Read MoreConsidering keeping bees – Africanized bees not as dangerous as portrayed by media
Jose has been talking about keeping bees and since we've had so many bees visiting our cattail bucket / ponds last summer, we're actually considering it. Neighbors half a mile from us had bees move into their camper...
Read MoreFunny and read BEFORE you get chickens!
We've been talking about getting chickens, but it would cost several hundred dollars to build a cage to keep out the coyotes and bobcats. Jose is vegan, I can eat only so many eggs and I'd never eat my pets. And then...
Read MoreMojave Green snakes or why to always wear gloves and boots when working in the desert
We’ve been doing a lot of cleaning up already, but there’s still more to do. And I rarely wear gloves or boots … We already had two mojave green rattlesnakes this year and last week we found two more, although...
Read MoreAttack of the leaf-cutting bees
A few days ago I went to check on the grapes, as I usually do after I get up. I go for a walk to check on all the food plants, always thrilled when they’re all still there. That day I was shocked when I looked at the...
Read MoreSaved the lizard with the jaws of life
I hate when I see a lizard caught in the hardware cloth. It usually happens about once a year. Last year I found a dead lizard in a fence and in previous years I saved a few. A few weeks ago (4/20) I checked to see what Butch...
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