Dog and cat fanciers. Kind humans. July 26-28/25 Farm Report.

Featured by NapsWithCats-ScubaMan, posted in Odd thoughts, Our Pets, permaculture, Trail Maintenance

Who are your favorite people to be around?

Kind humans. Dog and cat fanciers. I’m leery of NICE boyz and girlz. NICE doesn’t mean humane nor someone I’d trust being alone with.

When someone is as happy as their dog, they wag their tail, find their pack, and bark-don’t-bite. Cat fanciers. Well, cats are assholes. They’re vain, mysterious, supposedly nocturnal, and have murder mittens. When it’s time to clip their claws, many cats have to be immobilized in a burrito… a purr-ito (wrapped in a blanket). When I end up clipping HIS MAJESTY’S claws, TS leaves the room. The unholy yowls and snarls activates TS’ whatthehellareyoudoingtomybelovedpanther, followed by the ohgetmethefuckoutofhere response. Our LITTLE OLD LADY makes a fuss and squirms. TS joins in on the fun. Cats are awesome. Dogs are awesome.

Saturday, july 26th after-market update.

Dammit. This little black bear has both ears tagged with yellow flags. It climbed the newly-installed horizontal beams on our FREE-STANDING, DAY USE ONLY, NOT-ATTACHED-TO-THE-HOUSE pavillion and ripped down a hummingbird feeder. The hummers were pissed and moved to the nearby backup feeder.

nuisance bear ripped down hummingbird feeders
Maybe 50-60 pounds. According to local social media, it’s been sighted all around Dyers Bay and Lindsay Road 40.

2 strikes? Shit. This little stupid might not survive the summer. I’ll remove all the feeders. Hose down the sugar water. Install plywood sheets to make it a sheer wall. ~9 foot from ground. NFG? Then suspend feeders 10-12’ between trees. 3 strikes, bear’s dead? I’ll try and avoid that last complaint phone call to the MNR.

monday, july 28th no-market farm update.

Version 2.0 of the hummer fueling station is now ONLINE. As I installed the >2 metre span, I saw the dirty bear pawprints on the horizontal beams.

feeder shown spanning out from pavilion
Loose gravel below it (and on an incline).
plywood covers the horizontal beams so bears cannot climb the wall
A sheer plywood board gives the fury dingdong no step.
bird feeder is as high as the rain gutters
It’s at the same height as the rain gutters.
the view from the living room at the bird feeder
That plastic greenhouse isn’t close to the fuel station’s span.
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Unless this little black bear discovers parkour, our hummingbird feeder is now bear-resistant. TS reformulated the hummer fuel to 1 part sugar, 3-4 parts water. With nesting completed, we’ noticing bird politics are more cooperative. And the boy-birds share the feeder. As I reinstalled the feeders, I felt watched. They’d hover behind my head, throw shade at me, and then zip away. Yes, sir. Right away, sir hummer. Your joy juice is on its way, sir BIRD.

With my help, TS planted the cone-flowers on top of the septic tank mound. Misshappen tomato cages protect it. Her cucumber-melons are vining up their own cages. She pulled the garlic, I banded them together, and the garlic bundles were hung (hanged? hinged?) in the shed for drying.

elderly housecat sleeping with his paws up in the air
Our elderly house-panther sunning himself.
green tomatoes
Tomatoes! both in the forest garden and by the home.
silly screenshot from facebook
ALERT. ALERT. STINKING ROSE. Assistant PN en route.
inside the garden shed by the herb drying rack
TS pulled them. PN elasticized them and hung them up.
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MH from Evolve Builders Group arrived, painted the parging he patched up in the springtime, and maneuvered the rain-barrels back into their proper location. So, that error has been RESOLVED.

proof of repair 1
Gorilla Gutter’s hatchet-job 100% repaired.
proof of repair 2
In the background, you can see fuel pellet vacuum pipes.
proof of repair 3
Full barrel. Bypass ON.
proof of repair 4
That padlock prevents stupids from testing the rapid shutdown button.
proof of repair 5
Need a 500L tank to store rainwater for emergencies.
proof of repair 6
Black hose moves rain away from the foundations.
proof of repair 7 and monitoring repaired window sill
NNE window seal still seems intact.
repaired wall
We’ve more cracks to tackle.
optical illusion from the sunrise
A well-placed concave mirror captured morning light.
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When it cools down tonight, I’ll re-apply DEET, set up a task light, and cut up that water-logged particle board for either burning or pathway underbedding-foundations.

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