Obviously it needs a lot more in the way of square footage and plantings and such before he makes it a full-time summer home, but we are quite a ways off from that yet. Not only because of his age and size (He is just shy of a year old and still under 200 grams.) but because we are still a few weeks off from safe planting season here.
It is currently only about 45 square feet but we have plenty of room for expansion. The area is on the north side of a large maple so it has morning and afternoon dappled shade with direct sun after about 2PM. The burrow opening is facing east so the sun will be on the paver and not shining into the burrow. I seeded the dirt around the paver with radish, two types of dandelion and a variety of grass and clovers.
We started off with a burrow, covered by a large paver, @1x2ft with some coarse gravel mixed into the dirt for additional drainage, which he immediately surveyed and signed off on.
The tilled up area on the other side of the tree has all been seeded with clover mix and fresh grass seed. It will all be his domain also
I have a lilac bush in another area of the yard which is freely suckering all into the lawn, so I dug up a few of them and added one to each side of the burrow.
And a couple more behind his little pool.
He started to check them out....
But was distracted by a dandelion he missed on patrol earlier.
I am king of all I survey!!!!!!
I AM THE MIGHTY ODIN!!!!!!!
It is currently only about 45 square feet but we have plenty of room for expansion. The area is on the north side of a large maple so it has morning and afternoon dappled shade with direct sun after about 2PM. The burrow opening is facing east so the sun will be on the paver and not shining into the burrow. I seeded the dirt around the paver with radish, two types of dandelion and a variety of grass and clovers.
We started off with a burrow, covered by a large paver, @1x2ft with some coarse gravel mixed into the dirt for additional drainage, which he immediately surveyed and signed off on.
The tilled up area on the other side of the tree has all been seeded with clover mix and fresh grass seed. It will all be his domain also
I have a lilac bush in another area of the yard which is freely suckering all into the lawn, so I dug up a few of them and added one to each side of the burrow.
And a couple more behind his little pool.
He started to check them out....
But was distracted by a dandelion he missed on patrol earlier.
I am king of all I survey!!!!!!
I AM THE MIGHTY ODIN!!!!!!!