This one should be a little easier to spot than the last one, but pretty cool just the same.
We were sitting in the adirondacks again, man do I look lazy lately 🙂 I got up to show my friend how pretty the sage flowers are and when I sat back down, I had this little guy on my toe. I thought it was a dry blade of grass until I saw him moving.
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I came home from work to what I expected would be a normal evening. I kissed the dog, checked my vegetable garden, dipped my toes in the pool, and considered going for a swim when I noticed that the door was open on the bottom quail cage.
I looked around and didn’t see any quail so I called my husband to see if he had relocated them without me knowing. He hadn’t. I looked around again and heard/saw nothing. I was wondering if someone had stolen the quail. Seemed unlikely, but how could 10 quail just disappear?
I started my search and finally found signs. In my flower beds I heard a crow and saw some movement. I was able to find 4 quail in my flowers. They were not easy to catch with the density of the plants. Luckily my larkspur are starting to go, because they got seriously trampled on today.
If you look close you can see on hiding in the artemesia.
Then I looked over the fence into the back un-fenced area. Three quail were wandering around, happily eating grass. I was able to corner them pretty easily and get them in the cage.
Next we moved to the front. We found one, our favorite little tuxedo rooster hiding in the front hedges. This guy was tough to catch. Here is Eric with the stick trying to herd him in.
When we were out in the front yard, I came across this little fawn. Looks like momma hid it for safe keeping. It didn’t move a muscle. This is exactly why I don’t cut the grass, but once a year. It’s nice to provide a safe place for wildlife.
Unfortunately, one that was in the flower garden flew the fence. When we went looking for him he flew back over the fence, than over the fence into the chicken area, and finally way over the fence into the neighbors yard. There was no way of tracking this little guy down 😦
When I was in the chicken yard I found this cool guy too. He was so interested in burrowing he didn’t seem phased by me.
In all we were able to save 7. We are hoping maybe they will show up tomorrow.
So much for cooking, cleaning, etc. I’m exhausted.
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I love camouflaged creatures in the garden. This one showed up as I was relaxing in my new adirondack chair from Pam at Digging.
See It?
How about now?
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The onion tops were starting to wilt and falling over, so it was time to harvest. I have more onions this year than I’ve ever had and so I decided to try curing, which can extend the life of the onions/garlic for up to 6 months.
Step 1
Pull the onions and garlic from the beds and lay them out in the sun for 1 day. I made sure to wait until today to give time for the soil to dry out a bit from our rain last weekend.
Step 2
Braid the onions. I did these in groups of 3-6
Step 3
Hang the onions in a shady location where they get air circulation. I hung these under the front and back eaves.
My husband didn’t seem to happy about the string of onions at the front door, but we borderline live in the country, so why not.
Step 4
Lay out the garlic in a shady location. The garlic can be hung like the onions and vice-versa. Since I had less garlic I chose this option.
I am now supposed to leave these for 2-3 weeks if the temperature is 80. Since we will be at 90-95 it will probably take 1-2 weeks. I’ll update my progress.
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