A Problem in the Neighborhhood

It's happened again-Home Invasion.

Rufous is fired:

HouseKeepin'

Bites, totally. And this is a Totally Lame Post. However it's pretty clear now that we won't run out of PB&J nor Succumb To Scurvy anytime soon.

This is the newly tidy pantry:

A Healin' has Occured!

So, upon arrival home from Occupy Work Place about a week ago, I observed Tater, the Spoiled Silly Sebastopol, arrayed in a patch of nice green grass, grazing away. After an hour or two of chores, Tater was still in her clump of grass, and refused to get up; clearly something was awry. A quick physical exam revealed a limp, floppy leg, no blood, no swelling, no joints obviously out of place. Not being an expert examiner of gooses, a sophisticated diagnosis was made: Broke. Somewhere.

Rapunzel was notified to assist in the reduction and splinting. We used a beer box (Shiner) and paper tape (paper being reserved for use only on poultry, people get duct tape) to fashion a splint with a goose-foot-shaped foot rest. Under anesthesia (petting), while lying on her side, the splint was taped in place. She did require a few extra doses of anesthesia from time to time but was overall very calm throughout. Rapunzel then lifted the patient so that her legs dangled and the injured leg was taped into anatomical position. She seemed to have almost immediate relief and looked comfortable at rest in her pen. She was up walking next morning.

On Post-Op Day#2 she was a real Mama's goose, needing help in and out her pool, and getting into constant trouble, including waddling about a hundred yards off into our local predator hang out. From which she of course refused to waddle back and had to be carried. On Post-Op Day #3 she no longer required assistance, and about that time her cast melted off in the pool.

I didn't take a lot of pictures for some reason, but here's the recovered patient, back in her grass patch:

Finished the New Garden!

Well, as finished as gardens ever get anyway. It's much smaller than the old garden, but is right in the back yard making it much easier to maintain. There won't be room for corn and onions but we should otherwise get by okay. There's a few additional features to come of course.

So far we have herbs-rosemary, basil, parsley, cilantro; cabbage, broccoli, Bright Lites chard; white, orange, and purple carrots; Easter Egg radishes; lots of lettuces with more to come; Celebrity and Sweet 100's tomatoes; and green, yellow, and purple pole beans.

It is of course a Goose Free Zone, and a Tactical Zombie Target shall be acquired to sit on the bench-what kind of sick mind ever thought to call a zombie 'Kevin' though?:

Moving the Garden

For a variety of reasons, the garden is moving, right into the back yard. It's a real pain, and $$ too, but it's already worth the effort.

There aren't any 'before' shots, but here's some of the work in progress:

In the Pasture Today

Taken with my iPhone, apologies for the photo quality: