Month: October 2005
Salmon running
- by Mark
PICT0043 Originally uploaded by thesnodgrass. At the Sooke potholes salmon are returning upriver to spawn in the hundreds. They take up to 12 days to swim upstream, find somewhere to lay their eggs and then die. There are dozens of rotting salmon floating downstream where seagulls await a free meal.
Read MoreWrinklies visit
- by Mark
PICT0033b Originally uploaded by thesnodgrass. My Mum and Dad have been visiting for the past 2 weeks which has coincided nicely with a 2 week teachers strike. The kids went back to school on monday and the wrinklies departed by float plane yesterday.We have been all over the island with them, and as far North…
Read MoreChicken Shed
- by Mark
IMGP2049 Originally uploaded by thesnodgrass. It took 2 days to make and I am very proud.
Read MoreChicken Shed
- by Mark
IMGP2051 Originally uploaded by thesnodgrass. There is a perch, a box to lay eggs in and a ramp which can be retracted by a rope mechanism to keep them safe. The danger around here is raccoons which will kill a chicken. Ours we intend to be free range and we will need to round them…
Read MoreChicken Shed
- by Mark
IMGP2055 Originally uploaded by thesnodgrass. The hinged roof demonstrated by my glamorous assistant.
Read MoreChicken shed to be.
- by Mark
IMGP2048 Originally uploaded by thesnodgrass. I bought a dog kennel from the lumber yard and some extra wood and plywood sheets to make a chicken shed.
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