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December 5, 2014

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Animal communication, Death, Diamond python, Gardening, Herbs, poisons, Rats, Spices, Subtropical gardening, Vegetables, Weather

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Of snakes and snakebeans

This sight out the window as I stumbled into the kitchen for the first cup of tea of a Monday morning made the caffeine hit mostly redundant. Snakey the diamond python’s back in town. Last time we saw her was early spring a year ago. I looked up from the computer, wondering about the […]

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First moon party for Abbey the Barnevelder?

Huge day at the home farm. Palm Beach, the mid-century style hen shack, has seen its first eggs. No need for the planned lessons in nest box use. We can give away those scavenged golf balls – these savvy youngsters have no need of ersatz eggs to tell them what to do where. Noble failure […]