My Garden At Night Video

 

The Garden Gnome holds a jar of firelflies.
It is a solar light that sparkles when the sun goes down on
Little Utah Farm.

In summer you can always find me in my garden after the sun goes down. I love to watch the solar lights come on. These beautiful solar lights, butterfly, dragonflies, hummingbird, crescent moon, angel, gnome and lantern turn colors of the rainbow. 

I adore walking around the garden boxes, through the trellises, and past the beautiful glowing lights. I enjoy every moment of it.

When your growing season is 5 months short, the garden becomes a meditation, a place for peace, and uplifting discoveries. From seed to sprouts, from buds to bloom, the garden is wondrous friend. She takes me into realities that are true. 

Here is a video of my garden at night. The flowers and lights all a glow. I share a special clip of a hummingbird moth we saw a few days earlier, August 29.  I had not ever seen one have you ? 

Here is the video Little Utah Farm Night Garden

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Gratitude: Our Apple Tree In Autumn

 

Here is our apple tree last spring framed with her gorgeous autumn leaves. 
Deborah Moen of Little Utah Farm

A tree can bring you into your heart and autumn can stir emotions. seasons transition one into the other and we find a very capable Nature changing before our eyes. 

On this day I raked up the leaves from our giant apple tree. It is a special labor of love because I am surrounded by her lovely leaves. Each leaf is different with patterns of brown, gold, yellow, green, and orange. 

 This year they were a bit more rusty brown yet I saw one green leaf with some bright yellow lying on the ground amongst the fallen leaves. It sparked my memories. I began to think back at the excitement that the budding bare branches brought to us in the spring and the pretty pink blossoms that bloomed which brought the humming bees. And then in summer we had such good times  relaxing together in her generous shade. And she stood so strong and resilient under the early autumn snow. 

Now as I am remembering all of this, I witness our Apple Tree preparing her leaves to let go and flutter to the ground. She is getting ready for a long winter's nap as her energy flows underground into her roots. She does this all so easily without complaint. I think it important to share these miraculous moments with you all. I hope you enjoy celebrating this transition in this video. You can watch it here or on YouTube 

 

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Bandit's New Dog Booties

Bandit's new dog booties. 

First time Bandit, our dog, met the llamas he took off running around the whole corral and he wouldn't stop. He ran and ran around and round occasionally reprimanding the llamas for getting too near the edge. He ran around so many times and so fast that he wore a deep path with a berm. 

Many people might ask why is your dog running around the corral. Bandit is part Border Collie and part Australian Shepherd. I found the best explanation by Tracy J. Libby below. 

"Border Collies have been bred for hundreds of years with a single goal in mind: improved herding ability. Because of this, they are high-drive, high-energy dogs that move faster than the speed of gossip. Unmatched in brains, instinct, and endurance, they can do just about anything—and do it superbly." 

Get to know the Border Collie, a dog breed bordering on brilliant

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The gravel around the corral was hurting his feet so we tried on a pair of red dog booties that used to belong to our dear Blizzard, a Great Pyrenees. They were a bit big on him but they would do until his new booties came through the mail. We also bought some Paw Guard, a soft wax-like ointment that has healing properties, to put on the pads of his feet. 

Bandit is trying out his new booties.

 

You can see Bandit trying out his new shoes in this short video. 

Bandit did so well we went ahead and put all four booties on him and he ran like the wind ! 

Bandit runs like the wind in his new booties.

Bandit loves his job of "herding" the llamas. He looks forward to it everyday. 

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Spider Migration Over Little Utah Farm

Spider Migration Over 
Little Utah Farm October 29 2021

 Another phenomena happened my way on Little Utah Farm. Of all things a magnificent migration of spiders. I know it sound creepy but it was actually quite beautiful. 

I was outdoors at just the right time to see it. I was walking our cat, Harley McFarley in the garden. I swept my hand through a few webs hanging across the garden gate. I hadn't been through the gate very often since Jack Frost visited. We we walked, Harley and I, onto the gravel yard in front of the barn and noticed a silky strand of web with thick cottony areas floating over the side gate vertically towards me like a ghost. It reached 12 feet high. I watched as it floated by me and across the alfalfa field until it caught on the branch tip of the cottonwood tree on the edge of the property. That was odd.

I continued walking with Harley towards the back pasture and out of the corner of my eye I saw long shiny webs flowing out from the trees and the wires. The sunlight was just right to catch the silky threads. Thoughts of spiders up above me entered my mind and headed for home. I hurried as best I could to the back porch towing a very upset kitty. We reached the porch and before grabbing the door knob I took another look towards the midday sun. It was then I saw an exodus of webs sailing high on the air currents across the sky to the east. I rushed into the house to get my camera.

Husband came home just then. I went out the kitchen door and greeted him under the carport with camera in hand. I pointed to the sky and that was the moment I found the perfect place to video the event. Right under the eves of the house. The sunlight was blocked just enough to help my lens see the fleet of sailing webs traveling east. After shooting the video, I watched a single strand floated above my head with a small spider dangling on the end like a parachute rider coming down to land. The spider made a soft landing on the roof of our carport.

FASCINATING !

I went out to feed the chickens and ducks in the late afternoon. I swiped my hand through a web that draped across my back door. I did not see any more in the sky. The sun had moved west. There were a few souvenir webs draped across the wires and tree tops.

The phenomena left me feeling bitter sweet. What a blessing to have seen it and then I thought of how full of faith or how in tune with nature the spiders are to leave on such a journey not knowing how it ends, to sense just the right time to ride on the air currents and prepare for take off. To know it is time to leave.

Video description:

Spiders migrating . Conditions on October 29 were just right for the spider's journey. These long strands of silk come from spiders that are migrating. It is called "ballooning or kiting" I have my camera zoomed in 25 power. What you see are long strands of silk 10-25 ft floating east across the sky. Some touch down to gate and carport, trees and plants but most were high as clouds. They kept sweeping across the sky like a parade. I did indeed see some adult and juvenile spiders riding these magic carpets. The insects swarming in the foreground would make a nice snack as the spiders drift by. Here is a video I took of the event.

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100 Year Summer Rains and Early Autumn Snow

 

100 year flood in Cedar City, Utah
August 18,2021

In summer we had a few 100 year rains that flooded the town and surrounding farm fields. The waters breached the irrigation ditches as culverts and drains blocked with boulders and debris diverted the water away from its normal destination. Tons of mud, clay and silts covered the home properties and farm fields with a foot of clay, mud and silt. All that rain soaked deep into the ground and the trees and plants drank it up. 

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Early Autumn Snow on Little Utah Farm

An early autumn snow hit in the first week of October and left us 10" of snow. The leaves hadn't even begun to turn color yet . The snow was heavy on the branches lush with green leaves and bowed down to the ground. We got some long poles and tapped the branches on all our trees to release the snow. 

Our Crabapple Tree
BEFORE we tapped the snow off the branches

Our Crabapple Tree
AFTER we tapped the snow off the branches.

We could hear branches snapping and cracking  all around the area.  It snowed all day but the temperatures rose so the snow began to soften and fall from the roof and high branches. 

Early Autumn Snow on Little Utah Farm

It took only 2 days for the snow to recede uncovering rich green grass and green canopy of leaves. 

The weather warmed in the weeks ahead and we have been enjoying the sunshine and spending time outdoors.  

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