Larsen Poultry Ranch - homesteading journey

[Ridgetop]

Munchkin 1 had a good day playing with his cousin although he reportedly whacked her with a broom almost the first thing he did.

That is normal behavior for 2-3 year olds. Their way of communicating with each other before they learn social skills. Nice to know that munchkin is developing normally for his age isn't it? Wait til he plays with his brother by sitting on him. Play pens and baby jails are not to corral babies, they are to protect them from their loving siblings! LOL

I ran screaming and cursing at them and chased them all over the garden. I grabbed a metal pole for part of the harbor freight structure and was whacking that on the ground as I cussed them out.

Visions of Peter Rabbit and the farmer rise in the mind, except he wasn't 8 months pregnant. Too bad DH didn't have a camera. Hope you went in and rested with your feet up after rescuing the garden.

 

[SageHill]

Went into the office on Monday to say hi since it will likely be the last time they see me pre-baby. They admired my baby bump and scarfed the brownies I brought. I stopped by the in-laws on the way home after work for dinner and to visit SIL and niece who were visiting from Nevada. Munchkin 1 had a good day playing with his cousin although he reportedly whacked her with a broom almost the first thing he did. Darn kid.

Arrived home before husband (he was transporting munchkin 1 from in-laws) and started getting stuff ready for munchkin 1's bedtime routine and looked out into the garden to see a doe and fawn inside the fence!! I ran screaming and cursing at them and chased them all over the garden. I grabbed a metal pole for part of the harbor freight structure and was whacking that on the ground as I cussed them out. They were suitably terrified and tried desperately to get away from the madwoman threatening them. The doe eventually jumped over the far man gate while the fawn apparently has not yet developed jumping skills. I threatened the fawn a minute or two more before it dove for the gap at the middle man gate by the house and squeezed out under the gate.

It doesn't look like they were in there too long, some of the squash plants are missing leaves and most of the pumpkins had the tips chewed off their vines. I can't tell if they got at the tomatoes because there was damage from last time. They got most of the strawberry plants that had managed to grow though.

oh the theater of the mind works well on that one! Heck that could induce labor even!
Peter Rabbit and “Don’t go into Mr(s) McGregors garden or you might not come out!”

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

The deer attacked again!!! Things were fine when I watered this morning, and now tonight the kiwi is missing most of its leaves, the grape has ONE leaf left, and one of the tomatoes still waiting to be planted has been chomped! I HATE DEER!!!!!!

 

[Baymule]

In broad open daylight!!! Thieves!!

 

[murphysranch]

hate them too.....

 

[Ridgetop]

You need a GGD - garden guardian dog!

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

Checked the garden again this evening. The grape now has no leaves at all, and there's a complete pumpkin plant missing. Several of the tomatoes look smaller. I'm never going to get any fruit at this rate.

Good news is the squash leaves look bigger. Probably still going to get eaten by the dang deer though.

 

[Larsen Poultry Ranch]

This morning I was able to move 5 more plants and get them repotted too. I think there's at least 20 more plants to move, I'll try to do an actual count tomorrow while watering. Starting to run low on the large size pots. There's a bunch that need to be repotted but can stay in the same size, they just need more dirt. The figs definitely need bigger pots though. I ordered 30 gallon fabric pots and they were delivered today, so I should be able to try to dig up the figs and get them moved. The deer don't seem to chomp them though, so I might just leave them for last.

 

[Baymule]

Venison.

 

[farmerjan]

Sadly, that is in part why I grew so many potatoes this year. The da#@ed deer. They don't eat them much... and I hope to make back enough to pay me a little . Of course, the ground hogs don't help either...

Saw a neighbor down the road that grows alot of potatoes, had dug some of his and has been gathering them up. Perfect weather for them to be gathered since it is dry and the dirt doesn't stick like when it is wet., but it sure is hot out in the sun doing that. He mowed off the dead/dying tops a couple weeks ago and has been plowing down one row at a time and putting them in "(plastic) 100 lb size burlap bags.... I think he has regular customers for them as they are never out with a for sale sign or anything. He got his in the ground at least 2-3 weeks before I even planted my garden this year.