camping insects and a trebuchet

tent caterpillars.

Does anyone have a spare piano that we launch with this caterpault?

rainy monday

cedar apple rust

rainy post market monday.

oh... spring?

little boxing gloves.
skunk cabbage.

dam son.

beavers been busy.

beaver or muskrat?

Both muskrats and beavers build lodges in watery areas, however muskrats tend to build smaller lodges, closer to the edges of these waterways. This allows them to tunnel into the banks to create more swampy areas, their prefered habitat. Muskrat lodges rarely exceed three feet in height.

Beavers, on the other hand, tend to build much larger lodges in the deepest parts of the pond (often times created by their own damning of smaller creeks) to allow for continued, year round access. Lodges can be 50 feet in circumference and up to ten feet high.

I still don't know if we have beavers or muskrats in the swampond... or both- though an old timer once told me that beavers and muskrats don't like livin' together.

winter...

beaver or muskrat?

sorry,

i know these blurry photos won't do you any good. Honestly, it doesn't help all that much to see them in person...

I can confrm that there are certainly muskrats in the swamp. I've seen quite a few and they've shown me their tails as confirmation. Most of them are about the size of a small house cat, or even a bit smaller. However, there are also a few larger rodents in the swamp, bigger then a big housecat... they could be very big muskrats but they're extremely shy about showing off their derriers.

more info to follow...

water water everywhere...

it started raining saturday evening (picking day).

it rained all day sunday (market day).

it rained all day monday (make sauce with all the market leftover day).

it rained all day tuesday (rain gear is no longer rain gear day).

it stopped raining wednesday.

over 6 inches.

good week to be a lazy cat...

not a good week to try and sell vegetables.

such is life...

(bye bye, water cress)

everybody weeds on wednesday