livinginthesticks

This will probably be the last garden tour video of the year. We had a few mild frosts until the night before this was recorded. At this point, the garden is pretty much done! b;

David has been recently allowed in with the kittens, as he is such a sweetheart and not at all aggressive with little ones. The kittens are not used to male adult cats, yet.

Two nights of frost, with no frost warnings in advance, left us needing to salvage as much as possible out of the garden.

Looking over how our zone 3 garden is doing, on what is our average first frost date!

We haven't passed our average last frost date yet, but the transplants are getting big, and the long range forecast is looking good. So, into the ground they go! [June update: I discovered this file had visual problems, so this is a reload.] Music: Thingamajig from https://audionautix.com/

The status of our garden, at the beginning of July.

Can you spot all four? https://ko-fi.com/re_farmer

Gooby is definitely the friendliest of the yard cats! I wish they were all like them. They would be much easier to catch to spay or neuter, and adopt out!

The first set of yard kittens has started to show up, and there turned out to be 6 in the litter! I was only able to record these three, though.

Late spring progress in the garden. We are actually well ahead this year. Some years, we haven't been able to start planting until the end of June!

It's been a hot May, so the greens got planted in a shadier spot, and I took a chance in planting popcorn well before our average last frost date.

We haven't passed our average last frost date yet, but the transplants are getting big, and the long range forecast is looking good. So, into the ground they go! Music: Thingamajig from https://audionautix.com/

Trying to use the camera to get a look at the injured foot on one of the yard cats. It did not succeed.

Five years of working to reclaim a garden space.

Due to slug problems, we are using grow bags again. Today, we're planting Purple Peruvian fingerling potatoes, which we got from Veseys.com

Make sure your sound is on. 😊😊

There are a few things we can plant before last frost. Even so, the end of April is really early! Here's hoping it works out! Music: "Clouds" by https://audionautix.com/ If you are interested in donating towards food and vet care for the cat colony, you can do so here. https://ko-fi.com/re_farmer

Plans for various areas, both short and long term, plus the status of our seedlings and transplants.

Sorting through our seeds and starting onions and luffa.

They really loved the grass clippings I collected for mulch!

Touring the garden on the day of our average first frost. No frost yet!

A compilation of some of this morning's trail cam files.

While the snow can still support their weight, some deer came very close to the trail cam!

Trail cam video of the road along our place. We have been seeing a HUGE amount of deer this spring! With so much snow this winter, the deer much prefer to use the plowed roads and driveways. The camera is set to take 3 stills, followed by a short video.

We had a different, larger group visiting this time. :-)