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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town
he / him; semi-hermit in PDX, USA; tinkerer; old adhd cat dad; serial enthusiast; editor-at-large for http://lmorchard.com; astra mortemque superare gradatim
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-07-22 23:30:15)
Guess who's back, back again?
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-07-22 08:24:13)
I need to move that camera a bit, I think - there's a waterfall and a rock pile behind that tree and the raccoons fully dismantled that too.
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-07-22 08:15:42)
Also, there were TWO #raccoons in our pond, last Sunday night. For some reason they just really love demolishing our lily pad plant!
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-07-08 03:42:38)
Been almost a month, thought we were forsaken by the raccoon. But no, they're back and hungry for lily pad and electrical cords
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-06-15 23:58:01)
Raccoon's back for a pond party
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-06-03 01:23:39)
One of the things that the bandit really like messing with is the floating skimmer I threw in there. I could imagine that thing collects a bunch of edible tasty goodies, must be like a buffet bucket
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-06-03 01:20:30)
Like, part of me wants to be mad - those plants weren't free and they keep pulling up the cords & hoses to the waterworks - but it looks like they're having a lot of fun?
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-06-03 01:18:06)
So, last week, we put some plants in the pond, but woke up the next day to find them all shredded and the fountain pump stuff pulled out of the water.
I put up a camera and caught the pond bandit last night 🦝
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-04-30 02:56:44)
Also, home assistant tells me the fountain and debris skimmer only run at about 80 watts. So that's not bad
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-04-30 02:53:50)
Still need to debug the waterfall, woke up to all the water emptied out. But other than that, this pleases me. I can come out here and touch grass and rocks and water
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-04-27 07:04:29)
Trimmed up the edges, I think this lil bathtub is shaping up nicely
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-04-27 03:37:41)
Oh no more rocks
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-04-26 09:22:25)
Less talk more rocks #gardening
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-04-21 08:04:39)
I almost wish I'd taken a photo before I started digging. But just imagine there wasn't a hole there, just a patch of dirt. After digging down only about 2 feet, it really makes me wonder how those Winchester boys on Supernatural can dig up a grave so fast
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-04-21 08:02:38)
Soon, I'm going to do things with rocks that will make things hurt even more. I know this because I already did things with rocks and then undid those things
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Les Orchard@lmorchard@masto.hackers.town (2026-04-21 07:58:30)
So this weekend, I dug a big hole. Then I put some rubber in the hole. Then I put some water in the rubber. Then I put a fountain in the water. Today, everything hurts very much #gardening
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