Well today was exciting for me and the cats. They spend most of their time in the back room by the pool staring at the outside that they only get to visit for a half hour each day. This morning they were freaking out because there was a duck in the pool! The cats know that the pool is full of water and they steer clear of it because they hate water. So they could not understand how something could just float around in the pool. And then the duck flew away. They lost it! It floats in the pool and it flies!
Next thing that happened was one of the baby birds in a nest decided to try and fly today. He still has a baby mouth and I thought for sure he was going to get eaten by something out there. I had to keep the cats inside when I did my garden rounds. They were not pleased at all!
During my rounds he just stayed perched on top of the old avocado stump. While I was watering I found a giant caterpillar in the strawberries again
The mockingbirds birds are eating the strawberries when they start to ripen. I think they are the ones swiping my blueberries too.
The baby bird disappeared for a while and I was sure a crow got it or a cat or... Anyway, I went out later when I heard a mockingbird making a big fuss and I looked around in the area where the mockingbird was and there was nothing I could find. I walked back to the pool and looked around and there was the baby bird just standing on the compost pile. I went over to see if it needed help and it flew away perfectly! Whew
Garden is grow fast and the greenhouse is still in the layout and planning phase. I am not looking forward to carrying all of that lumber into the back yard. I need to find some young football players that need some weed
Anyway - that's all I've got - oh - I made some garbanzo beans today. Soaked them last night and cooked them up today. Mmmmmmm. I wish I hadn't thrown out the soak water. It would have probably been good to add to the worms and compost or even directly to the plants!
Cheers,
Mo
