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I found the baby cottontail rabbit out by my garden. I thought it was dead since it was laying out in the open field on its side. It did not move when I came up on it and stayed there for about 15 minutes. I figured I would come back and dispose of it (I thought the neighborhood feral cats had gotten to it). When I came back to collect it, I picked it up and found that it was still alive (barely). I put it into a small box with some old t-shirts. I called around and found a wildlife rehabilitator that took it in and hopefully nurse it back to health.

It's not uncommon for us to get calls for swarms of bees. This small swarm was on the ground after a storm had blown by. We were able to offer them a nice new home and brought them to our bee yard (apiary). Many times, they will march right in to a box that has some bee frames and drawn comb.

A short video where we show how we add a powered water pump to our rain barrel. It's an easy project and makes a huge difference on our morning watering chores. *** See parts list and links below *** This will literally save us hours each week with our garden watering. In the past, we watered everything by hand - every morning!!! In the Texas heat, we try to get out and do our chores early - and that helps. Before adding the water pump to the rain barrel system, it took a couple of hours each day. We were filling watering cans, carrying the cans to the plants, and then filling again. While that system works, it's labor intensive. Now that this project is complete, we can water the garden much faster, saving us significant time and allowing us to get to some other chores before the heat hits a million Texas degrees. lol ********************** Parts for this project: ---------------------------------- Water Pump - https://amzn.to/2Tpq39u Green 3' hose - https://amzn.to/2UXQ1BA Brass connector kit - https://amzn.to/3hp91Ao Inline filter/strainer - https://amzn.to/3wanINb Those are the basic parts that we show in the video. There are lots of options for adding a pump to a rain barrel, but this system worked out really well for us! #rainbarrel #rainbarrelpump #texasgarden #texasorganic #organicgardening

Large hail that hit our home a few years ago. I hope we never see this again. The storm caused significant damage to over 80% of the structures in Wylie, Texas. There are still some homes and structures that are being repaired 5 years later.

We had an issue with skunks under our house. In one year, I live trapped about a dozen skunks.