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Victoria & Albert, a pair of blue and gold macaws, spend the summer outdoors in a large spacious cage. Both birds are about 8-9 yrs. old, and have been with the Scotsman for four years. Being outside provides them with plenty of entertainment, especially when their friend the squirrel tries to squeeze into the cage to grab a nut or two. |
| Domestic geese live in a pen under an old apple tree along the west fence, but are allowed to run free in the 1.5 acre field that also makes up part of Scotsman's property. They help keep the grass there trimmed since it is usually left to grow over the summer. |
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Chickens in the coop within the cottage garden provide fresh, brown eggs for the kitchen. All garden trimmings go into the hen house where they turn into compost to be recycled back to the garden beds. | |
| Turkeys strut within a pen by the cottage. The females are usually successful in raising some poults (baby turkeys) each year. These turkeys can rest assured come Thanksgiving, as they are like any other creature within Scotsman's garden -- here to live freely. |
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Butterflies, bees, ants, beetles, snakes, frogs, spiders, and even field mice make their homes in the garden. Here a monarch butterfly searches for the last bit of nectar from a blooming Joe Pye weed. | |
| Carnivorous man-eating pitcher plants (Sarracenia flava) inhabit an old wash tub filled with peat moss. Pitcher plants lure their insect prey with pitcher-shaped leaves full of rainwater and nectar; and once inside, the downward pointing hairs force the unlucky prey to their death in the solution. The unusual flowers, which shoot up before the leaves, give a bright spot of chartreuse green to the spring garden. In zone 7, pitchers can successfully survive the winter outdoors provided they are protected from extreme cold. |
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