We live right smack in the middle of town, but our lot of land is 3/4 of an acre and it's semi wooded. Across the street from our house there are more woods, and last year we found the skeletal remains of a fairly large buck, so we figured there were deer in the area. Kay was so excited when we found that skeleton and really wanted us to have deer on our property. Sadly, we have seen no signs of deer though ever since.
And then Mother Earth dropped over 14 inches of snow on us in the span of about a week.....
Along with the snow, it has been bitterly cold many days, and truthfully it hasn't been fit outside for man or beast.
The other morning I noticed a bunch of tracks in out front yard. They zig-zagged back and forth between out yard, the neighbors yard, and disappeared into the woods behind the neighbor's house. At first I thought they might have been the tracks of a rogue dog, however when Kay and Piper Ann went outside to collect the mail, Piper made this delicious (To her!) discovery. Our new friends left us: BUTT RAISINS!
It appears our front yard had a visit from several cloven hoofed animals! The snow must have been too deep for them to find forage, so they came over to our yard to eat a little shrubbery, and take advantage of our always stocked bird feeders. Can't blame a beast for wanting an easy meal! We've added chopped apples and carrots under the bird feeders for them and their raccoon counterparts to help them out.
I'm not sure who's more excited in our house.
Kay because her deer friends are back, the deer because he has an easy meal, or Piper Ann because her new friends leave her delicious "butt raisins".
Everyone is happy here on the Urban Farm!
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