On Sun, 26 May 2013 22:20:31 -0400, Cheryl >
wrote:

>On 5/25/2013 9:10 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Cali's barn kittens are doing fantastic... they were three weeks old
>> when she stopped nursing them and I brought them into my house, now
>> they are six weeks. With the Vet's approval they will go to their new
>> home a week from today... I will miss the little ragamuffins... Kali,
>> Sonic, Barny:
>> http://i42.tinypic.com/wasqxl.jpg
>>
>> Been pouring here the past three days ask them if they ca
>> http://i43.tinypic.com/fzatc3.jpg
>> http://i44.tinypic.com/afevza.jpg
>>
>Cali's kittens are so adorable! Thanks for looking after them until
>they have their new homes. You know, what you're doing is fostering.

I'm not fostering, I'm rescuing... big difference... they were born in
my barn and their mother quit nursing at three weeks, had I not taken
them into my house they would have died. They're now eight weeks and
will be going to my grands this coming Saturday... I'd keep them
myself only I already have five house cats and two barn cats. But no
matter what, i never would have considered taking them to a pound so
they could be *murdered*, I still would have raised them until I found
them a good home.

>And how did that goose get inside your mesh enclosed tree?

The fence doesn't go all the way to the ground... it's only there to
keep deer from browsing the tree, the deer can't go underneath the
fence... but that space allows me to mow. Yesterday I pulled the
weeds and placed fresh mulch. That's a slow growing tree but
eventually it will grow enough that I can remove the fence and the
deer won't be able to reach the lowest branches, perhaps another five
years. That's a rather rare and expensive tree, acer griseum, I paid
$900 three years ago.
http://i41.tinypic.com/4rqd79.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_griseum
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/a/acegri/acegri1.html