New Residents

We had some new fencing installed last month to facilitate the pasture rotation Peg wants to achieve when she gets her herd.  Unfortunately the group of cows we've had so much trouble with at the deer feeder, were so pesky that the fence builders rounded them up and took them elsewhere.  Here are their replacements:

It's a varied grouping of young cows.  Red, the bull, returned with this group.  They seem less "worldly" than the other group, so hopefully we can get back into the deer feeder business.

A quick update on the baby trees... before the other group of cows were removed, they had managed to locate and pull up several of the newly planted baby trees.  I have my fingers crossed that a couple that weren't discovered will make it!

New Babies Launched!

We planted a bunch of baby trees yesterday.  The last group we planted, we kept in pots for two years.  I thought we lost most of that first group the second year because we kept them in the pots too long.  This group was planted in the pasture in what we hope are somewhat protected spots tho not so protected that they will miss out on sun and water.  So far the cows have not bothered them.

 Bur Oak

Bur Oak 

Red Oak

Who knows how these babies will fare...  My dream is to look out in the pasture some fall in the future and see the colored leaves of the trees we planted.  

Late Afternoon Nap Time

Just got the Go-buggy back from its yearly checkup today.  I wanted to go check on the baby cows who I hadn't seen in a week.  I found them behind a little rise snoozing.  All of their heads popped up and their ears cocked forward as I neared.  The look I got from the mamas watching them was, "Please go away, we just got them down!"

Beulah

You can say a lot of things about Beulah, but killer would not be a term you would use.  After finding a baby bunny, she carefully brought it into the house for a bit of cleanup.  Let's just say the bunny was not thrilled and may have needed a bit of heavy handed redirecting which resulted in it meeting its "Maker."

Unfortunately, all of this took place on my bed!  What a mess!  Beulah was unhappy that it ended as it did with a dead bunny when all she was trying to do was clean the critter up!

More Feeder Troubles

The cows didn't get the memo that the deer feeder area is for the deer, not them!  So once again, after repairs were made and the feeders reloaded, the cows made a mess of things!

It is very discouraging!  They are so bad about it that when they hear the timer go off to spin out the corn, they come running.  The poor deer don't have a chance.

In the perfect world above, the deer feeders are for the deer!

Past Lives

In our past lives we had priorities that were, well, let's just say they are best kept in the past.
Unfortunately they bubbled up recently.  Both girls are paying the price or have paid the price for their recklessness!  How?  The consequence of smoking a Black Cat is expensive, etc., etc..  The rest is history...

Thank goodness for modern dentistry!  The smiles are man made!

Game Cam Pictures

The Game Cams have been snapping a lot of pictures of late...  Mostly of deer.  Peg has selected these pictures as worthy of being highlighted.

This one is noteworthy because it shows that the deer are learning to eat out of the protein feeder.

This guy is a "regular" and probably the biggest buck we've seen so far.

Finally, the next generation is represented by this little guy!  Alert and smiling for the camera.