One of the things that George and I love about the homestead is all the wildlife! We chose the homestead because it is adjacent to a wooded park. We like being as close to nature as we can get, and this park gives us a lot of critters to enjoy! This year we haven’t used any chemicals in our garden, and we love that we’re not poisoning some of our local visitors, such as this turtle:
We saw him a few times a couple months back. He was around enough that we even gave him a name: Yertle.
We also have quite a few toads living in our yard, like this guy:
They eat all kinds of bugs, and don’t do any harm. We enjoy having them around.
Last night George found a groundhog in the yard:
I was worried because groundhogs are known to ravage gardens, but we haven’t noticed that anything seems to be eaten (other than by us).
Today Noah was barking out the window, and I figured that is was just another squirrel. I walked over to calm him down, only to see that he’s barking at a deer!
The deer is visible between the two tree branches, just past the path. The deer stood there eating for quite a while, until a local cat scared it off.
We live in a suburban area, but in our region there are a lot of parks and green space. We love that wild animals are able to still call this region home, too.
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