A few weeks ago, we kept hearing a bunch of coyotes cackling in the woods near the creek. Then, Stassj was walking around one day and found this kill site in the woods … apparently the coyotes took down a moose while it was taking a water break …
Moose carcass near the creek
So we took his head, and put it in a spot where he can have a nice view of the sunset, in exchange for him watching over our garden beds. He’s done a great job so far.
Moose head on a stick
And the puppies have been playing with his corpse for weeks. Ripping off little bits of rotten skin here and there … here’s Mr. Marvin smiling while he gnaws on a pelvis.
Marvin gnawing on a rotten moose pelvis
And here’s the garden beds right now … actually they are more like compost heaps at the moment … straw, veggie scraps, eggshells, moose poop, dead mice from the cabin, apples & plums gathered from the alleyways in town … and Jesse pisses on them regularly to give them a lot of nitrogen and to balance out the pH from the wood ashes we’ve be throwing in there. And we’ve been adding mushroom spores to all of them … so hopefully we’ll be snacking on puffballs along with our squash and beans.
Our garden beds in August 2008