We have been enjoying casual day's here as of late. Observing the garden wild life has been rather nice. I guess we have the toad's "stamp" of approval since they have laid eggs in the new garden pond- we have never seen eggs in any other water feature we have placed in there. Clicking the picture will enlarge it for a much better view of detail:
How do I know they are toad eggs? well here is the difference between frog and toads
"It is easy to tell toads' eggs from frogs'
eggs. Toads'eggs look like long strings of black beads, held together with clear jelly. Frogs' eggs are laid in bunches like grapes."
as found this *page*
We have also been enjoying the baby bunnies who have been adventuring outside their garden side pen. But they had to be "jailed once the adventuring brought them too far away:
We did a hike through our "secret" trail to check on the black raspberry growth. Looks to be a good year if I can beat the other people to them. I do believe my spots have been compromised..LOL.
While we were out, we picked some large Burdock leaves to use in our leaf casting with a mixture of 1 part portland cement(the smooth kind without small rocks) to 3 parts play sand(consistent smooth small granules).
I bookmarked the Artistic Garden site over a year ago so I could play around with the project and am just now getting around to it. Trust me, it's not as hard as it might seem.
Panda and 2 of the neighborhood kids her age made their own leaf castings with me. They used a sunflower leaf and pumpkin leaves while I used a large Burdock. I think my cement layer is a touch too thick.. We will see soon enough. It takes 2 days to dry.
There was a good amount of cement sand mixture left over so I used it to make a bird bath. I dug a hole in the Long Pie Pumpkin patch area to use as a mold. Not perfect , but I like it. The flowers, leaves & Yarrow "ferns" are for an imprint picture. There is tiny stones scattered on top just for color once the organic material is pulled/washed away.
The puppies are growing great. Poor Grizzle has been snoring hard due to her continuous care of these 6. There is just 1 boy in the bunch. How amazing is that? It is one of the pure black ones.
The Captain has caught the Garden bug. He decided he would grow his own peppers and such which I will not grow in the garden. Mostly due to the fact I can pick them at the U-Pick farms for cheap. Of course, I will give him a break for using Hybrid seeds he picked up at the Dollar general. Everyone starts somewhere. The kids were more then happy to help Daddy out:
The whole family was out, including Griz and her Cubs. It's kinda funny to see her so protective that she barks at car's driving by the yard. She kept the chickens out of the area who were determined to help with bug control but she would not let them near those cub's!
Her mothering instinct is strong. Frog had a baby bunny in the house and put it in with Griz while she was feeding her babies and refused to let us take it back out. We had to distract her with grapes and yogurt just so I could grab the bunny.
Now she is determined when she eyes the bunnies, she must catch them and try to put them in her whelping box...OY! So I guess it is a good thing they have been caged up with their long eared mum.
I have seed's coming from Baker's Creek Heirlooms. They are having a free shipping special so I ordered a seed pack each of Tigger melons, a Banana Melon and the Green Zebra tomatoes.
I so badly wanted the Sweet Passion Melon. They were out of stock which broke my heart. So I got 3 out of the 4 I have had on my wish list.
I hope they are here soon so I can get the melons planted. I think it may just be too late to do the tomato seeds. I might try a few of the seeds just to chance as an experiment.
Much to do as always. Projects to plan for the week so my 3 cubs are not bored and romp in the garden to keep it at least half way weed free.
Weeds grow 3 times quicker while you sleep, ya know..LOL.
Sweet dreams,
~Tammie
How do I know they are toad eggs? well here is the difference between frog and toads
"It is easy to tell toads' eggs from frogs'
eggs. Toads'eggs look like long strings of black beads, held together with clear jelly. Frogs' eggs are laid in bunches like grapes."as found this *page*
We have also been enjoying the baby bunnies who have been adventuring outside their garden side pen. But they had to be "jailed once the adventuring brought them too far away:
We did a hike through our "secret" trail to check on the black raspberry growth. Looks to be a good year if I can beat the other people to them. I do believe my spots have been compromised..LOL.
While we were out, we picked some large Burdock leaves to use in our leaf casting with a mixture of 1 part portland cement(the smooth kind without small rocks) to 3 parts play sand(consistent smooth small granules).
I bookmarked the Artistic Garden site over a year ago so I could play around with the project and am just now getting around to it. Trust me, it's not as hard as it might seem.
Panda and 2 of the neighborhood kids her age made their own leaf castings with me. They used a sunflower leaf and pumpkin leaves while I used a large Burdock. I think my cement layer is a touch too thick.. We will see soon enough. It takes 2 days to dry.
There was a good amount of cement sand mixture left over so I used it to make a bird bath. I dug a hole in the Long Pie Pumpkin patch area to use as a mold. Not perfect , but I like it. The flowers, leaves & Yarrow "ferns" are for an imprint picture. There is tiny stones scattered on top just for color once the organic material is pulled/washed away.
The puppies are growing great. Poor Grizzle has been snoring hard due to her continuous care of these 6. There is just 1 boy in the bunch. How amazing is that? It is one of the pure black ones.
The Captain has caught the Garden bug. He decided he would grow his own peppers and such which I will not grow in the garden. Mostly due to the fact I can pick them at the U-Pick farms for cheap. Of course, I will give him a break for using Hybrid seeds he picked up at the Dollar general. Everyone starts somewhere. The kids were more then happy to help Daddy out:
The whole family was out, including Griz and her Cubs. It's kinda funny to see her so protective that she barks at car's driving by the yard. She kept the chickens out of the area who were determined to help with bug control but she would not let them near those cub's!
Her mothering instinct is strong. Frog had a baby bunny in the house and put it in with Griz while she was feeding her babies and refused to let us take it back out. We had to distract her with grapes and yogurt just so I could grab the bunny.
Now she is determined when she eyes the bunnies, she must catch them and try to put them in her whelping box...OY! So I guess it is a good thing they have been caged up with their long eared mum.
I have seed's coming from Baker's Creek Heirlooms. They are having a free shipping special so I ordered a seed pack each of Tigger melons, a Banana Melon and the Green Zebra tomatoes.
I so badly wanted the Sweet Passion Melon. They were out of stock which broke my heart. So I got 3 out of the 4 I have had on my wish list.
I hope they are here soon so I can get the melons planted. I think it may just be too late to do the tomato seeds. I might try a few of the seeds just to chance as an experiment.
Much to do as always. Projects to plan for the week so my 3 cubs are not bored and romp in the garden to keep it at least half way weed free.
Weeds grow 3 times quicker while you sleep, ya know..LOL.
Sweet dreams,
~Tammie
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