Other goings on around the ranch....

Garden maintenance is always needed, keeping the weeds at bay and putting down fresh cedar sawdust. The pineapple plants in the back there each have a pineapple on them and were growing great until the squirrels got to them.  

Years ago I planted Penny Royal by seed and have regretted it ever since. It is extremely invasive and grows overnight , here I am pulling up a patch of them AGAIN!!!

Tomato plants in full production and the harvest of tomatoes, peppers and lettuce below.

One of the 8 , yes, 8 racoons we caught after they ate all the  tomatoes, green ones as well. The picture of the large row of tomatoes above they completely destroyed.

Richard working on the goose statue.

It is hard to see, but this was a welcome rain we so desperately needed. This shot was taken from the kitchen porch looking onto the chicken coop.

Mushrooms sprouting up after the rain.

Zinnias are so happy planted in the ground instead of in containers.

The pond water cleared up after we had a few days of 100 degrees. We also have been fanatical about treating the water ever week with the bacterial enzyme "POND PERFECT".

We finished insulating and sheeting the walls in the green house and painted and moved the furniture back in place.

The teenagers are roosting with the rest of the clan.

This has been the first sighting of a dung beetle diligently rolling chicken poop back home.

Is this a Hela monster ?

A funny/sad video about finding a chicken snake in the coop after a chicken was found dead. Just click the arrow button to start.