Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

[SimpleJenn]

I squirrel-proofed my planter. Let's see those furry little treetop terrorists get my onion shoots now!
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I hope it works! We're trying to decide how we'll protect our plants this year

 

[Molpet]

Idea is to mow in April, not wait till June.

I have had snow the beginning of April
There's a native bee pollinator that overwinter and are still in the dead stems until it warms up.

 

[Molpet]

I squirrel-proofed my planter. Let's see those furry little treetop terrorists get my onion shoots now!
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Are they going to get enough light?
Squirrels have been digging in my onion patch too

 

[no fly zone]

Are they going to get enough light?
Squirrels have been digging in my onion patch too

Those plastic things have holes in them

 

[MrsNorthie]

The problem with not mowing until after May is the height of the grass and natives is too much for most mowers. I have some now that is waist high. It will grow taller than me if I don't cut. Then I have to wait until a drought so it's really dry or it clogges up the deck.
I usually mow the bottom that floods as often as I can. I try to keep the front mowed. I mow paths through the poultry yard and some open areas....around the coops nothing growing

We have left some areas completely wild for the good insects, wild birds and other creatures. We now have armadillos moved into the wild area.

This has other benefits than just encouraging pollinators.. making friends with the wild birds is very beneficial. A hawk went after the little mowhawks this morning and the mocking birds attacked the hawk and nobody was injured. One of the mocking birds always sits on the deck rail and chats to me, I call him Faux Hawk, because that is one of his more common songs.