Man vs. Tree Rodents Part Deux

We have an ongoing battle against the squirrels in the garden that eat bird food from the feeder. Not only do they finish all the bird feed within a day they also chase the birds away. 
Chasing them away, making noise, squirting with water guns, tossing twigs at them- we tried it all and nothing [...]

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Red Cardinal

The red cardinal is the state bird of Virginia- if you put out bird seed they come in droves!
The male of the species is bright red and the female is a dull brown with a red undercoat.
Oh, and to stop squirrels from eating all the seed we greased the pole that the bird [...]

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Lily

This year we finally got around to planting perennial flowers in our backyard (this is after we cut back the creeping juniper on the slope and discovered an extra 10 feet of backyard!). Here is a lily from our new flower bed.
 

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Suburban farming

Mary, Mary quite contrary,
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells,
And pretty maids all in a row

In our case we don’t have any of the above mentioned items, but we do have (or are in the process of planting):

Apple
Peach
Apricot 
Cherry
Hazelnut
Fig
Raspberry
Blueberry
Blackberry
Tomatoes
Eggplant
Bell pepper
Beetroots
Cucumber
Squash
Basil
Parsley
Chives
Mint
Cilantro
Chamomile

Hungry yet?

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