The (not so) secret Life of Critters – Grandpa's Pasture Garden

Frog in the Kitchen

21 July 2022 One of the joys of living in an old concrete block home in the country with occasional leaks in the basement has been the frog population. When my 8-bin worm farm lived downstairs in the coal room, the unfortunate fruit fly population boom increased the numbers of tiny “tree” frogs accordingly. ForContinueContinue reading “Frog in the Kitchen”

Critters

Curious about what’s living in Grandpa’s Pasture Garden? One of the joys of gardening is discovering that the garden has become a habitat for delightful critters like this frog I found out in Grandpa’s Pasture just yesterday (9/5/21). Some of the lengths of irrigation pipe need new gaskets. Since I haven’t gotten to that yet,ContinueContinue reading “Critters”

Quail on my mind….

I’m not sure how many quail families we have living with us on the acre we call home. My husband and I are college math professors, and covid, with the unavoidable remote-teaching learning curve, completely derailed our plans to clean up the brush piles on the property and get everything looking tidy. For two years (ok,ContinueContinue reading “Quail on my mind….”

Aphids…

(Disgusting bug alert!) I think I spoke too soon about a lack of aphids in my garden. To a man, their current favorite all-you-can-eat restaurant is this poor lupine plant. What they don’t know is that they’re about to become the main course instead of the other way around! I was tempted to knock themContinueContinue reading “Aphids…”