80 degrees today....Cherries outside

[terryo]

Today was actually 80 degrees here, so I brought the torts outside for some sun.
Lil' Solo loving the sun

Pio...a little nervous...no plants to sit under, as the hosta's and other plants haven't come up yet.

All the boxies are finally up
Chewy's out and about

Millie's out with the big kids now

Kit and Kat...always together...having a dip in the little water dish

Nora finally out

Pi..still the climber

Nolie...always in water

And baby Bindi...in a Christmas Tree storage bin, planted for outside sun

 

[Jacob]

Looks Great!

 

[TortieLuver]

I bet they were surely loving the 80s weather and being able to be outside. Nice pictures and it looks like they have a plethora of food items outside as well.

 

[N2TORTS]

Woo Hoo ....the lil' guys are loving it !
Great pics "T".................

JD~

 

[John]

Great pics, If you took away the water dish these would look like photo's taken in the wild, really cool.

 

[ALDABRAMAN]

Great pictures!

 

[waterweezel]

Beautiful pix and gorgeous specimens. Wow - nice flat carapaces!

 

[CtTortoiseMom]

Wow, great pics! I cannot believe how lush the foliage is already! You are not that far south from me but my foliage is not even close to that green yet!!

 

[TortBrain]

Nothing but envy.
Nice torts!

 

[dmarcus]

Very nice tort, I'm sure they enjoyed the nice weather...

 

[ticothetort2]

Love the outdoor setups, do you have pics on another Thread? Great pics, thanks for sharing...

 

[SnakeyeZ]

I don't think any one of those guys is complaining right now. They look totally in their element.

Nice lush looking enclosures too - do you have anymore full enclosure pictures here in the forum somewhere you can link me too?

 

[terryo]

Thank you. This was the first time they were out, and just for the day. It's still a little cold here and not much has grown from last year.
This is last week ....one side of the turtle garden....nothing has come up yet...no flowers, hosta's or anything

This is the other side ....just a little water plant coming up...nothing else

This is part of Pio's garden from last year

This is the other side with the hide

This is the turtle garden last Summer...The hibernation cave

That's the pond side...a little over grown by the end of the Summer

 

[SnakeyeZ]

Remarkable... I love it. Are all those plants edible for tortoises too? I want to get creative this sime while we are landscaping but it'll never look as nice as that.

Great work!

 

[HarleyK]

That's a beautiful backyard for tortoises. Nice shell growth on them!

 

[terryo]

Rich...everything in the tortoise garden is edible. Not so in the turtle garden. In the Spring when they come out from hibernation, they will eat the Hosta sprouts right down to the ground. I don't know how they grow again, but they do. That's about the only thing they eat and only in the Spring. I have a blueberry bush in there and they eat all the one's that drop. There's a compost pile of dried leaves that have every kind of bug and loads of worms that they are always eating too. I have a fig tree near the garden, and they eat all the figs too. There is plenty to eat in the turtle garden, and I never worried about which plant was not OK to eat for them. I am more fussy with the tortoise garden. Pio has figs, blueberries, strawberries, pansies...which are her favorite, Rose of Sharon, and dandelion and if it gets too overgrown, I don't feed her and just let her fend for herself for a few days.
It's very easy to make a garden. The second year it really gets established and looks great. Lot's of flowers make it pretty too.

 

[coreyc]

Very nice looks like they were loving the outside

 

[Cherbear]

I really like your enclosure. Lucky torts. Makes me want to get started on mine!

 

[SnakeyeZ]

Rich...everything in the tortoise garden is edible. Not so in the turtle garden. In the Spring when they come out from hibernation, they will eat the Hosta sprouts right down to the ground. I don't know how they grow again, but they do. That's about the only thing they eat and only in the Spring. I have a blueberry bush in there and they eat all the one's that drop. There's a compost pile of dried leaves that have every kind of bug and loads of worms that they are always eating too. I have a fig tree near the garden, and they eat all the figs too. There is plenty to eat in the turtle garden, and I never worried about which plant was not OK to eat for them. I am more fussy with the tortoise garden. Pio has figs, blueberries, strawberries, pansies...which are her favorite, Rose of Sharon, and dandelion and if it gets too overgrown, I don't feed her and just let her fend for herself for a few days.
It's very easy to make a garden. The second year it really gets established and looks great. Lot's of flowers make it pretty too.

Thanks for sharing, sounds like a delicious place to live!

 

[DerekS]

Very nice! Its been warming up here in Ohio but we haven't gone a day without rain in almost 3 weeks now. I'm glad all the boxies made it thru winter ok.