Dedication and Purpose

This blog is dedicated to Doreen Eaton. She has been my friend, inspiration and mentor. She is an English gardener and her comment when she first laid eyes on my property was, "It's nice but it's so... GREEN." Many of the nicer parts of my yard are designed or inspired by her. She has chosen some of the more interesting plants.

My goal as I work in my garden is not only to enjoy being outdoors and relax and breathe fresh air, but also to create a space that is useful as a playspace for my children, a habitat for local wildlife, and a visual feast to behold. I hope someday to also have a productive vegetable garden and fruit orchard.

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Spring Babies

My husband cut down some trees a couple months ago and the stumps have been lying on the ground ever since.  Over the weekend he decided to tidy up that area and found someone had made a home in the rotting wood:


They're baby mice.  We carefully replaced the top part of the log that had been covering them.  When we checked on them the following day, they had gone - hopefully mommy moved them to a new location.  We do have garter snakes, and other predators, however, so they could easily have been eaten as well.

I'm not sure which species our mice are.  They are grey with a slightly lighter grey undercoat.  They don't seem to match any of the pictures I find on the local wildlife websites. They live outside - underground and in the wood pile and occasionally come into the house in the spring to find food.  Our current cat has been an excellent deterrent, so we haven't had any food stolen for the last 2 springs.

Local resources with information about wildlife:




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