Monday, July 21, 2008

Meet Barry the Turtle!

Meet Barry the Box Turtle! On occasion, I’ve heard some serious scurrying going on under the bushes & plants in the garden (can turtles scurry?). I never thought much of it, as we have quite an assortment of critters in our yard, to include Mr. Burns the garter snake, lizards, birds, squirrels, rabbits and whatever else comes out at night. But the other day, I found this little guy underneath a huge porterweed bush while I was hacking back my over-aggressive Joseph’s Coat.


At first, I started leaving him (her?) some veggies and salad to munch, but I later found out that box turtles are really carnivores (Hmmm…so who’s been eating the veggies I left?). Now I know what’s been happening to my earthworm population! Over the past year, I must have “relocated” close to 100 earthworms to my garden and never can find any when I dig. The soil is perfect for them, moist, lots of organic matter, poop (cow, not mine), leaves. Little monster!

Till then, he’s free to roam around and chill.

6 comments:

R.Powers said...

LOL!
That caption is too funny!

That's a pretty big box turtle. Your worms must be nutritious!

Just the Right Size said...

FC,

Yeah, he's living the fine life now! He cool like that. :-)

Marysol said...

Hah! That's hilarious. But I wouldn't want to be the one to wash Barry's mouth out with soap. O.o.o.u.u.u.c.h.

Cute little guy though.

OhioMom said...

LOL ... at least it wasn't an alligator :)

Just the Right Size said...

Sol, yeah Barry has a bit of a 'tude. Gotta tell him to watch his mouth!

Ohiomom, no kidding! But the scary thing is you're not that far from the truth!

jojo said...

I found one repeatedly trying to lay eggs in the path of the dogs on the fenceline. This little guy just never got it. I'd pick him up, move him to the other side of the fence, and 3 days later find him right back inside. Cute though!

 

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