Right now there is a squirrel throwing acorns on the awning over the back door. It’s really loud. The squirrels don’t particularly like us, but they seem especially perturbed by this kitty cat, which has been coming by for pets, and maybe food, but moreso the attention.
A couple of weeks ago this polyphemus moth fell from the oak tree, disoriented and seemingly unable to fly away, probably near the end of its life. It’s the largest moth I’ve ever seen in person.
The Newcomers Survival Guide to Florida Gardening says that fall is when you plant most of your vegetable garden, so we are trying again. The chives are actually holdovers from the spring, having perked up a little lately, but still not doing well enough to harvest from. Basil is in the blue bin behind, and is doing the best of the plants we’ve started from seed. We also have started tomatoes, carrots, yellow squash and lettuce. We bought a roma tomato and parsley as plants, as so far the plants we’ve boughten (not started from seeds) have been the only ones we’ve gotten to harvest from.
Haha, yeah, that’s a cat all right. Its definitely trying to get attention. And I have to say that I am impressed at the level of annoyance of your squirrels. I mean, to actually take the time out of their busy day to throw things at the awning. Impressive.
I used to have a squirrel here too. It was the biggest, fattest, laziest squirrel I have ever scene. I called him X-squirrelibur, as Sid seemed to think it was his arch-nemesis. Then, one day, Sid brought me the back end of a very fat squirrel, and I haven’t seen X-squirrelibur since. I suspect he’s dead.
Good luck with the planting! I had no idea that you had to plant in the fall? Well, so hopefully Mr. Book will turn out to be helpful. You might remind it that if its not helpful, it could easily be converted into Mulch. I find that threatening plants also works well. When I moved in, I told the rose bushes that if they EVER caused me any problems, I would replace them with something edible. And to this day, they do quite well. I still want to replace them with something edible, but I have to keep up my side of the bargain.
PS: that moth is awesome. I have never seen one so big. And I love the eyes on the back.