How to Rodent Proof a Chicken Coop

February 19, 2016

...For more information on controlling mice and rats see UC Davis’ Integrated Pest Management information for rats and house mice. We used to have mice in the house but the cats have taken care of that problem. As to the issue of rodents eating fruit, I’m still working on that problem....

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A happy tangle

Mrs. Homegrown

October 12, 2015

Animals, Nature Awareness

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...le to photograph, this cheery, eye-popping chaos, but we enjoy it, and the cats are entranced. While I’ve sometimes wondered if it is right to keep a feeder in our yard, I feel good about it as of now, because we are providing other sources of forage as well. We let our plants go to seed. We don’t spray, so there are plenty of bugs to eat. (Why so many spiders this year???) My thoughts are always turning toward planting strategies which provide ye...

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Coming Together by Being Apart

Mr. Homegrown

March 20, 2020

Thoughtstylings

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...ncisco to take care of a relative. So I’m alone in the house with our dog, cats, chickens and bees. How ironic that this nightmarish new reality should arrive in the middle of Lent to force us all out into a period of collective separation. I’ve been struggling with that separation. In a crisis our moral instinct tells us to come together. Staying apart feels selfish. It’s counter-intuitive that the best expression of community right now is a lack...

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Picture Sunday: Trout and Buck

Mrs. Homegrown

May 25, 2014

Miscellaneous

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...Our boy cats, back when Buck was a little ‘un. This photo makes me happy....

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Crapper Livin’

Mr. Homegrown

September 26, 2006

Design, Preparedness, Solar

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...ngressman Duncan Hunter wants to restrict access to the island so that fat cats can continue to go on $16,000 trophy hunts while drinking beer on the back of a truck. Read more about his plan to turn Santa Rosa into a retreat for disabled vets (an excuse to keep the fat cat hunt going) in the Washington Post. Please fax Hunter at this address ASAP and tell him that Santa Rosa Island belongs to the people, and should be run by the National Parks Se...

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