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Farm Life 2024

Pussywillows, 03.11.24

Pussywillows, 03.11.24

Garlic growing up through the straw mulch, 03.07.24

Garlic growing up through the straw mulch, 03.07.24

Pruning apple trees, 02.05.24

Pruning apple trees, 02.05.24

George preparing to rescue Paco the cat, high in the tree. 01.26.24

George preparing to rescue Paco the cat, high in the tree. 01.26.24

Cornstalks left unharvested make a great snow fence. Pheasant tracks run up and down the snowdrift. 01.22.24

Cornstalks left unharvested make a great snow fence. Pheasant tracks run up and down the snowdrift. 01.22.24

Cornstalks left unharvested make a great snow fence. Pheasant tracks run up and down the snowdrift. 01.22.24

Farmstead Trail Cam

Critter Alert!

Skunk

Skunk, large 02.06.24

Skunk, large 02.06.24

Possum 02.08.24

Possum 02.08.24

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Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl. 4 02.09.21.JPG

Great Horned Owl.2 (2).JPG

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl

Winter compost pile = birds!

Winter compost pile = birds!

Cardinal red

Close-up

Swooping in

Bird landing

Action at the Compost Pile

Action at the Compost Pile

Rabbits! Over 1,400 photos in 14 hours! They were active all night long despite the cold!

Rabbits! Over 1,400 photos in 14 hours! They were active all night long despite the cold!

Skunk looking for hen's eggs

Skunk looking for hen's eggs

It's a deer wandering through the yard!

It's a deer wandering through the yard!

Another deer!

Uh oh, two generations of raccoons!

Uh oh, two generations of raccoons!

Chicken close-up!

Chicken close-up!

Rabbit. What's in the background?

Rabbit. What's in the background?

Raccoon near chicken coop

Raccoon near chicken coop

Morning stampede

Morning stampede

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rabbit with hens (2).JPG

morning stampede.JPG

05.02.20 raccoon.JPG

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first robin of 2020 webcam.jpg

skunk 2.7.20.JPG

coyote 2.6.20.JPG

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Coyote 02.06.24

Coyote 02.06.24

Skunk

Skunk, large 02.06.24

Possum 02.08.24

coyote at rabbit fence 02.26.24.JPG

Great Horned Owl

Great Horned Owl. 4 02.09.21.JPG

Great Horned Owl.2 (2).JPG

Great Horned Owl

Winter compost pile = birds!

Cardinal red

Swooping in

Bird landing

Action at the Compost Pile

Rabbits! Over 1,400 photos in 14 hours! They were active all night long despite the cold!

Skunk looking for hen's eggs

It's a deer wandering through the yard!

Another deer!

Uh oh, two generations of raccoons!

Chicken close-up!

Rabbit. What's in the background?

Raccoon near chicken coop

Morning stampede

bunny and hens (2).JPG

rabbit with hens (2).JPG

morning stampede.JPG

05.02.20 raccoon.JPG

pheasant 3.31.20.jpg

first robin of 2020 webcam.jpg

skunk 2.7.20.JPG

coyote 2.6.20.JPG

two rabbits 2.7.20.JPG

IMG_4806(1).JPG

Coyote 02.06.24

Friday Photos - 2020

12.25.20 Fallen apples provide winter wildlife food

12.25.20 Fallen apples provide winter wildlife food

12.25.20 Snow bubbles!

12.25.20 Snow bubbles!

12.18.20 Predator's perch

12.18.20 Predator's perch

12.18.20 Winter reveals last year's nest

12.18.20 Winter reveals last year's nest

12.11.20 Hoar frost on the white pine

12.11.20 Hoar frost on the white pine

12.11.20 Hoar frost on the homestead

12.11.20 Hoar frost on the homestead

12.04.20 Alleyways are ready for blue grass seed

12.04.20 Alleyways are ready for blue grass seed

11.20.20 Prairie wildlife sanctuary

11.20.20 Prairie wildlife sanctuary

11.20.20 Mixing compost

11.20.20 Mixing compost

11.13.20 Sunset over the orchard

11.13.20 Sunset over the orchard

11.06.20 Hens enrich the farm

11.06.20 Hens enrich the farm

11.06.20 Orchard sunset

11.06.20 Orchard sunset

11.06.20 Great Horned Owl

11.06.20 Great Horned Owl

10.30.20 Chicken litter delivery

10.30.20 Chicken litter delivery

10.23.20 Fall greens

10.23.20 Fall greens

10.23.20 Scratching for insects

10.23.20 Scratching for insects

10.16.20 Apple harvest help

10.16.20 Apple harvest help

10.16.20 Nighttime repairs

10.16.20 Nighttime repairs

10.16.20 Organic corn harvest

10.16.20 Organic corn harvest

10.09.20 Autumn farmstead

10.09.20 Autumn farmstead

10.02.20 Puget Spice apples

10.02.20 Puget Spice apples

10.02.20 Bin ready for organic soybeans

10.02.20 Bin ready for organic soybeans

10.02.20 Organic soybean harvest

10.02.20 Organic soybean harvest

09.25.20 Ear of organic corn

09.25.20 Ear of organic corn

09.25.20 Organic corn

09.25.20 Organic corn

09.18.20 Aerial application of cover crop

09.18.20 Aerial application of cover crop

09.18.20 Foggy sunrise over new orchard

09.18.20 Foggy sunrise over new orchard

09.11.20 Salsa!

09.11.20 Salsa!

09.04.20 Hops harvest

09.04.20 Hops harvest

09.04.20 Mini cherry tomatoes

09.04.20 Mini cherry tomatoes

09.04.20 Moonrise over new orchard

09.04.20 Moonrise over new orchard

08.28.20 Sunset and Cherry Tree

08.28.20 Sunset and Cherry Tree

08.28.20 Watermelon harvest

08.28.20 Watermelon harvest

08.28.20 Digging red potatoes

08.28.20 Digging red potatoes

08.21.20 Summer night sky

08.21.20 Summer night sky

08.21.20 Butterflies and Phlox

08.21.20 Butterflies and Phlox

08.14.20 Tomato in all sizes!

08.14.20 Tomato in all sizes!

08.14.20 Bees love anise hyssop

08.14.20 Bees love anise hyssop

08.07.20 Branch-bending apples!

08.07.20 Branch-bending apples!

07.31.20 Organic corn tassling out

07.31.20 Organic corn tassling out

07.31.20 Seed cleaning machine

07.31.20 Seed cleaning machine

07.24.20 Goldfinch nest anchored to anise hyssop

07.24.20 Goldfinch nest anchored to anise hyssop

07.24.20 Clover struggling to grow under oat stubble with so little rain

07.24.20 Clover struggling to grow under oat stubble with so little rain

7.17.20 Windrowing oats

7.17.20 Windrowing oats

7.17.20 Bin clean and ready for oats

7.17.20 Bin clean and ready for oats

7.17.20 Manarda near new orchard

7.17.20 Manarda near new orchard

07.10.20 Elder flower

07.10.20 Elder flower

07.10.20 Blacktail Mountain watermelon

07.10.20 Blacktail Mountain watermelon

07.03.20 Cultivating transition corn

07.03.20 Cultivating transition corn

06.26.20 Sunset with crescent moon

06.26.20 Sunset with crescent moon

06.26.20 Hollyhocks, a farmstead flower

06.26.20 Hollyhocks, a farmstead flower

06.26.20 Melons and watermelons spreading their vines

06.26.20 Melons and watermelons spreading their vines

06.26.20 Cherries ripening in the sun

06.26.20 Cherries ripening in the sun

06.19.20 Organic corn growing well

06.19.20 Organic corn growing well

06.19.20 Early summer salad mix

06.19.20 Early summer salad mix

06.19.20 Elderflowers

06.19.20 Elderflowers

06.19.20 Watermelons between new apple trees

06.19.20 Watermelons between new apple trees

06.12.20 Delicate bird's nest

06.12.20 Delicate bird's nest

06.12.20 Valerian

06.12.20 Valerian

06.12.20 Planting organic sweet corn

06.12.20 Planting organic sweet corn

06.12.20 Landscape fabric weed control

06.12.20 Landscape fabric weed control

06.12.20 Organic corn cultivated

06.12.20 Organic corn cultivated

06.05.20 Poppies - a favorite flower

06.05.20 Poppies - a favorite flower

06.05.20 Transition oats

06.05.20 Transition oats

06.05.20 Organic corn

06.05.20 Organic corn

06.05.20 Frog

06.05.20 Digging the trench for irrigation system

06.05.20 Digging the trench for irrigation system

05.29.20 New trees need attention and care

05.29.20 New trees need attention and care

05.29.20 Too much rain in one day

05.29.20 Too much rain in one day

05.29.20 Cowbird egg in Robin's nest

05.29.20 Cowbird egg in Robin's nest

05.29.20 Glorious ruffles

05.29.20 Glorious ruffles

05.29.20 Delicate yet complex

05.29.20 Delicate yet complex

05.22.20 Gooseberries

05.22.20 Gooseberries

05.22.20 Bumblebee on catmint

05.22.20 Bumblebee on catmint

05.22.20 Parasitic wasps in organic orchard

05.22.20 Parasitic wasps in organic orchard

05.17.20 Planting on hold due to weather

05.17.20 Planting on hold due to weather

05.17.20 Sunset from orchard

05.17.20 Sunset from orchard

05.17.20 Spring flowers

05.17.20 Spring flowers

05.08.20 Began planting organic corn this week

05.08.20 Began planting organic corn this week

05.08.20 Fruit trees in bloom

05.08.20 Fruit trees in bloom

05.01.20 New apple trees next to pollinator habitat

05.01.20 New apple trees next to pollinator habitat

05.01.20 New apple trees

05.01.20 New apple trees

05.01.20 Crab tree blossoms

05.01.20 Crab tree blossoms

05.01.20 Cherry tree blosssoms

05.01.20 Cherry tree blosssoms

04.24.20 Beautiful barred rock hens

04.24.20 Beautiful barred rock hens

04.24.20 First egg from 'new' old hens

04.24.20 First egg from 'new' old hens

04.24.20 Paco the cat helping with tree planting

04.24.20 Paco the cat helping with tree planting

04.24.20 Planting new cider apple trees

04.24.20 Planting new cider apple trees

04.24.20 Oats and clover growing well

04.24.20 Oats and clover growing well

o4.17.20 Burning the CRP/quail habitat

o4.17.20 Burning the CRP/quail habitat

04.10.20 Preparing ground for new orchard

04.10.20 Preparing ground for new orchard

04.03.20 Drilling oats and clover

04.03.20 Drilling oats and clover

03.13.20 Onions growing on windowsill

03.13.20 Onions growing on windowsill

03.27.20 Peas and spinach planted

03.27.20 Peas and spinach planted

03.20.20 Canada geese visit the orchard

03.20.20 Canada geese visit the orchard

03.06.20 Last year's bird's nest still strong

03.06.20 Last year's bird's nest still strong

02.28.20: North Orchard on horizon

02.28.20: North Orchard on horizon

02.28.20: Spinach and lettuce planted 10.26.19

02.28.20: Spinach and lettuce planted 10.26.19