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Speak of the devil, the proof's in the pudding. Woke up to this gent right outside the window:
Is that a young bull moose? Saw a video a few days ago of two huge adult males fighting (must be breeding season) and one of them wound up jumping into the bed of a pickup truck. Must've done quite a bit of damage.
We’re sowing a cover crop of rye and some other stuff in our garden. We leave the corn stalks and other dead veggie plants up until spring to help hold moisture and snow.
And we buy 2-3 tons of pellets and store them in the garage for winter. I have a cord or two of wood saved up for the shop wood stove
Is that a young bull moose? Saw a video a few days ago of two huge adult males fighting (must be breeding season) and one of them wound up jumping into the bed of a pickup truck. Must've done quite a bit of damage.
Yes. Like other native NA deer, females don't produce antlers. Caribou are the exception. I'm certainly no expert but would estimate this guy is at least 2. Generally, antlers get more massive each year (the palms spread wider, beams get thicker, they start growing brow tines and points along the edges of the palms, etc) assuming they're in good condition and the antler pedicel hasn't been damaged.
I bring my hoses into the garage. I simply take them off the faucet, then stretch them out with one end higher than the other. They'll fully drain that way. Then I coil them and bring them inside, and put the foam covers over the faucets. I do all my faucets, even the one that's a freeze plug one.
I drained one of my hoses over this weekend and rolled it up. I have one longer one to go. If I were staying here, I would put the faucet covers on sometime in November depending on how cold it became. Some Winters we do not get very cold weather before Christmas.
I moved a bunch of my hardscape stones to the courtyard tonight and hosed them down. We have rain in the forecast for the next two days, so I am sure I will have to hose them down again before taking them to storage. I shall miss this place. I really made it my home. Thought I would be here for the rest of my life. Just goes to show the best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.....
I do not do all that you do, but I do not have the wherewithal to do it, e.g. taking down the screen door and putting up a storm door (storm doors are essential in many parts of the country, too), and adding insulation. Wish I had security cameras outside, too. Wish I had someone like you to help me do all of this! Thank you for reminding me that the old motor needs an oil change. I tend to forget because I drive so little anymore.
Do you have any birdbaths that are too big and heavy to move inside? If so, do you wrap them for the Winter with some sort of insulating material? Do you provide some sort of water station for the birds during the Winter?
We have one large concrete birdbath near 2 of our bird feeders. We have a smaller one near our patio that the finch seem to prefer.
We keep water for the birds year round and have never had an issue with cracking due to ice forming.
On the coldest days I may have to wait several hours before I can dump the ice and add new water.
We have one large concrete birdbath near 2 of our bird feeders. We have a smaller one near our patio that the finch seem to prefer.
We keep water for the birds year round and have never had an issue with cracking due to ice forming.
On the coldest days I may have to wait several hours before I can dump the ice and add new water.
I saw some small, heated bird baths on Amazon that I thought looked good for Winter to help the birds always have water available. The only reason I have not bought one is because I am relocating, and I do not yet know what will work in the new place which only has a small, upstairs balcony instead of a yard or large downstairs porch.
Not much. I bring in my potted plants, and disconnect the hoses from the faucets. I leave the hoses right where they hang. Mine are several years old and have never had any problems. I try to remember to run out the gas in the trimmer. That's about it. I do have a few ceramic pots that I need to bring inside - I'll probably just stash them in the shed this year.
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