Our small farm was once part of a much larger property with acres
of farmland. Included in that original property
were woods. Our land is still pretty
wooded and has a creek, but now the denser woods are across the road from
ours. Two of our neighbor’s homes are in and surrounded by woods, a creek, and ravines.
Because of that natural setting, we see a lot of wild
animals: Deer, fox, coyote, opossum,
raccoon, rabbits, snakes, and hawks to name a few.
A couple years ago on a trip to see Maple Syrup making demonstrations,
we ended up adopting 2 barn cats from Malabar Farm, the historical farm of
Pulitzer Prize winning author Louis Bromfield.
Seems many cats are dumped in front of the park and end up living in their main barn. The park workers are
constantly looking for homes for the many (and I mean many) barn cats living on
the property.
