>>10407451-1: One of thousands of praying mantidae this year. I've been catching all I see and transplanting them to my gardens. I've also been relocating baby toads that are only 1cm long.
1-2: Bumble bee on the catnip. The honey bees like this too, but they are not on it that much.
1-3: This is the trunk of what should be a Mammoth Sunflower. The plant is 8 feet high and that trunk is about 3.5 inches wide. It is from saved seed, so it may have hybridized.
2-1: Broad breasted white turkey. These are now large enough to fend off cats and deter hawk attacks. They have the roam of the property now. Either this breed is super friendly or they have attached themselves to humans. Every time they seem me they come running and stay as close as possible. Very annoying when trying to work. Then again, the fleet of chickens that surround the lawn mower, when I'm mowing, is also pretty annoying.
2-2: The chick enclosure was moved a few days ago. With the turkeys & broilers gone and the enclosure increased in size, there's no crowding issues at all. I move the enclosure from fruit tree to fruit tree so they can directly fertilize the ground. I can't wait for them to get larger so they can be released.
2-3: Two of the Mocking Bird eggs hatched. The nest is right near one of the blueberry bushes so I get sassed by the mother when harvesting.
3-1: Pumpkin hill is growing so fast that I need to move vines twice a day now. It is even out competing the trumpet vines, which is crazy.
3-2: I finally had some time to put down some mulch and put up some cattle panels for this bean row.
3-3: Some new, smaller variety sunflowers that need thinned out now.
